This comprehensive interactive multimedia training program was produced in association with the Instrument Society of America (ISA). This program, consisting of two individual lessons, trains participants in distributed contra techniques, architecture and hardware as well as in the methods used to maintain and troubleshoot distributed control systems.
This program is excellent for training technicians, operators, control practitioners and engineers as well as for the multi‑craft training needs of process and manufacturing facilities.
This lesson is designed for participants familiar with process operations, digital electronic theory, and test instruments and devices.
This lesson provides an understanding of the fundamentals of Distributed Control Systems (DCS). The evolution of computer control systems is discussed and the architecture of contemporary DCS is described in detail. The lesson covers hardware, configuration, data communications, user interface and 1/0 devices.