Practical Industrial Data Networks:Design, Installation and ...

Appendix CPracticalsPractical and exercise sessionsThere are over 20 practical sessions listed below. Each session should not take longerthan 20 minutes (10 minutes if you know the material).The practical sheets below are by necessity briefly written; so some initiative isrequired in connecting and reconfiguring equipment. The common theme running throughthe practical sessions and exercises is troubleshooting and remedying communicationproblems. They will show you how to use some common troubleshooting equipment andsoftware.NotesPlease be careful with the PCMCIA cards. They are not very robust and tend to fail veryeasily. There are a number of different ones used; and the connectors are notinterchangeable.Please bear in mind that memory conflicts/interrupt settings/faulty cables are a real partof setting up any communications system.List of practicals and exercisesThe troubleshooting sessions are listed below:1. RS-232.2. Use of a breakout box.3. Monitoring communication with a breakout box.4. RS-485.5. Using RS-232 to 485 converters.6. RS-485 testing.7. Fiber optics.8. Continuity test.9. Insertion loss testing.10. Modbus.11. Logging Modbus data.