Configuring and Testing Smart Field Devices Course

Course Description

This five days course offers a broad perspective of smart field devices, including transmitters and valve-positioners. The emphasis is on more reliable information gathering, decreased maintenance time, ease-of-use, and multi-tasking capabilities. You will cover use in conventional systems, and enhancements/improvements when combined with digital control networks.

Course Objectives

Participant will be able to:

• Differentiate between analog and digital instruments
• Understand how digital signal sampling works in digital instruments
• Identify the strengths and weaknesses of digital instruments
• Explain the basics of serial digital communications
• Understand the effects of using digital instruments in closed loop control
• Configure and calibrate smart/digital field devices
• Configure intelligent control valves
• Recognize the capabilities of HART™ communication
• Understand digital multivariable transmitter

Course Outlines

Analog vs. Digital Instruments:

• Analog Limitations
• Calibration of Analog vs. Digital Instruments
• Flexibility of Digital Instruments

Digital Signal Sampling:

• Sampled Signal Characteristics
• Output of A/D Converter
• Slow Sampling

Strength and Weaknesses of Digital Instruments:

• Effect on Performance
• Multiple Measurement
• Programming for Field Level Control
• Future Development

Intelligent Control Valves:

• Digital Positioners
• Diagnostic Tools
• Adding PID Controllers to Control Valves

Serial Digital Communications:

• Parallel to Serial Converter
• Modem

HART Communication:

• Features
• Master/Slave Communications
• Point-to-Point
• Capabilities of HART

Proprietary Bus Systems:

• Overview of Bus Systems
• Need for Open Bus System

SP50 Fieldbus:

• What It Is
• How Instruments Operate

Intelligent Multivariable Transmitters:

• How they work
• How they can transmit multiple variables