Study Guide

Objective

The goal of the course is to give the students understanding and knowledge about configuration and use of industrial communications systems. The course deals with the functionality, importance and utilization of different communication systems in industrial application, and the principals for selecting communication systems.

Content

- characteristics of communication systems
- communication standards
- field buses and process buses
- LAN and WAN
- wireless communication
- functionality and configuration

Location and time

Autumn 2023, Vaasa

Teaching methods

- Lectures
- Exercises
- Laboratory work
- Presentations
- Individual studies

Exam schedules

Autumn 2023

Completion alternatives

Pass in exercises, laboratory work, presentations, and examination

Student workload

160 working hours

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Knows the principals and applications, and has basic skills in communication with LAN, WAN and field buses.
Understands the usefulness of, limitations of and application areas for wireless industrial networks.
Has basic skills in configuration, connections and programming of common industrial protocols, and in analysis with tools as oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good skills in the principals and applications, and in communication with LAN, WAN and field buses.
Good skills in the possibilities of application areas for wireless industrial networks.
Good skills skills in planning and configuration of different types of communication networks.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent skills in the principals and the technology of different communication networks.
Is able to select, apply and argue for different technologies of wireless networks.
Excellent skills skills in planning and configuration of different types of communication networks, and in problem identification and fault analysis.

Assessment methods and criteria

- Competence in process buses, field buses
- Competence in industrial communication protocols and their use
- Competence in data and network security

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

- process buses, field buses are unknown
- does not know the basics of industrial communication protocols
- does not know the principles of data and network security

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

- knows the basic principles of process buses, field buses
- knows about industrial communication protocols and their use
- knows the principles of data and network security

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

- understands the principles for using process buses, field buses
- can specify requirements for the use of industrial communication protocols
- can specify requirements for data and network security

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- can take into account the principles of process buses, field buses, in planning and construction of industrial communication systems
- can apply and utilize industrial communication protocols
- is able to choose equipment for industrial communication systems, taking into account data and network security

Qualifications

No requirements in advance