FREE ONE-DAY TRAINING CLASSES:

• Why should I use a fieldbus?
• Can someone compare the available fieldbuses for me?
• How should I choose one over another?
• I can provide safety functions over a fieldbus? How?
• Tell me about someone who has used a fieldbus successfully.
• Where can I get some more technical details?
If you've pondered these questions and more, we can help.

The PTO and the PIC are providing free one-day training classes throughout North America. Current schedule includes 25 cities, but more will be added!

This year's agenda features:

• Introduction
• Fieldbus? What, Why, Which?
• Technical Details of PROFIBUS, PROFIBUS in process, or PROFINET depending on the city
• Live Demonstrations
• Application Stories

Breakfast and lunch are provided. Door prizes are awarded. Hosted reception at the end of the day. Product Exhibits are available.

Each attendee receives:

• Presentations in a hard copy book
• CD containing the presentations, documentation, brochures, newsletters, and more.
• Padfolio and pen.

The three distinct series last year covered PROFIBUS, PROFIBUS in the Process Industry and PROFINET. For 2006, these will cover:

• The economic and technical advantages of using a fieldbus
• Review of all popular fieldbus choices with special emphasis on:
  • PROFIBUS
  • PROFIBUS in the Process Industry
  • PROFINET

• Technical details of PROFIBUS in the Process Industry, or PROFINET (different cities will have different focuses), including :
  • standards
  • protocols
  • wiring
  • troubleshooting
  • diagnostics
  • safety

• Hardware and software demonstrations using equipment from multiple vendors
• Detailed, specific application examples

All courses include:

• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Door Prizes
• Hosted Reception.
• Vendor displays showing available hardware (but there are no sales presentations!)

Industrial Ethernet growth is predicted to be over 50% per year. Attend our PROFINET training to see how you can benefit from this technology. In a recent ARC survey on fieldbuses, 85% of the respondents agreed that the total lifecycle cost for a fieldbus installation was less than a conventional installation. And 45% expected a payback in less than one year (27% in less than six months). Attend this training to see how your company can save by using a fieldbus!

Watch for other classes at www.us.profibus.com