• PROFIBUS Basics
• Bus Physics
• Wiring
• Physical Layer
• System Troubleshooting
• introductions to the PROFIsafe and PROFIdrive profiles
• PROFIBUS-PA and PROFINET
• product fair, hosted lunch, and hosted reception

Who should attend? Engineers and project managers from end users and system integrators. Managers will benefit from the introductions to each area.

User comment: "Really good seminar. I came knowing very little about PROFIBUS and left with enough understanding to start the work I need to do." For more information and to register visit http://us.profibus.com/www/m/

Dates:

• April 5th, 2005 - Portland, OR May 5th, 2005 - Cincinnati, OH
• June, 2005 - Cleveland, OH
• July, 2005 - Rochester, NY
• August, 2005 - Milwaukee, WI
• November, 2005 - Salt Lake City, UT

• PROFIBUS - History, market position today and support organizations
• PROFIBUS Technology - Live demonstration of wiring and configuring PROFIBUS devices
• Choosing the right fieldbus for your plant
• Process industry end-user application case studies
• Engineering and installation best practices
• System integrators' success stories
• Product fair, hosted lunch, and hosted reception
• Who should attend?
• Analyst comment: "… PROFIBUS' unique value proposition is its ability to seamlessly integrate process instrumentation like pressure transmitters and flow meters, with devices for the discrete and motion control side of the application, like drives and sensors. PROFIBUS' common communication protocol creates a familiar environment, which can lower engineering, training and maintenance costs." - ARC Whitepaper, May 2004

For more information and to register visit http://us.profibus.com/www/x/

PROFIBUS for the Process Industries Seminar

Planned Schedule (exact dates on Registration Form - 30 days prior)

• April 14th, 2005 Charlotte, NC
• May 11th, 2005 St. Louis, MO
• July, 2005 Boston, MA
• September, 2005 Los Angeles, CA

For more information and to register visit http://us.profibus.com/www/x/

PROFINET Seminars

A one-day seminar covering :

• Basics of Ethernet
• Ethernet in Industrial Automation
• Real Time PROFINET
• PROFINET Object Creation & Implementation.
• Live demo of PROFINET
• Opportunity to ask specific technical questions
• Product fair, hosted lunch, and hosted reception

Who should attend?

User comment:

Planned Schedule (exact dates on Registration Form - 30 days prior)

• March 31st, 2005 Birmingham, AL
• May 17th, 2005 Virginia Beach, VA
• June, 2005 Montreal June, 2005
• Toronto June 21st, 2005
• Seattle, WA July, 2005
• New York, NY August, 2005
• Chicago, IL
• November, 2005 Denver, CO

PROFINET I/O Developers Course

The PROFIBUS Interface Center (PIC) in Johnson City, Tennessee is offering an intensive two day PROFINET IO Developers' Class, targeted at developers who want to design PROFINET IO into their products.

The PROFINET IO software is available in a development kit from Siemens. It contains an example implementation for a NetSilicon NET+ARM 50 processor. The software can also be ported to other processors. The class includes multiple live demonstrations, including the PROFINET IO software application example running on a NetSilicon development board.

As an additional benefit, this event is offered free of charge for a limited time.

Class Syllabus:

• Ethernet Basics
• PROFINET CBA Description
• PROFINET IO Description
• PROFINET IO Development Kit Software
• NetSilicon Development Kit
• Configuring with Step7
• PROFINET IO software demo
• Using HyperTerminal and serial interface for debug
• PROFINET IO Ethernet Frame
• Ethereal Ethernet Monitor
• PROFINET IO Stack Structure
• Software adaptation for user application
• Software debugging demo
• Porting PROFINET IO to another platform
• GSDML - Configuration description file
• PROFINET IO OPC Server

For more information: http://us.profibus.com/www/z/

To register: http://us.profibus.com/www/z/seminar.cfm

PTO GA Meeting General Assembly Meeting

The annual PTO General Assembly Meeting will be held Aug. 2-5 in Scottsdale, AZ. This year the meeting will feature break-out sessions for Marketing, Technology, and Applications. There may be an End User Council breakout session also. There will still be joint sessions and evening activities to allow for the very important information exchange and networking opportunities.

ISA EXPO 2005

The PTO will unveil a new booth design at ISA 2005 in Chicago, scheduled for October 25-27. The booth will be 1600 square feet (40' X 40') and will be located directly at the entrance to McCormick's East Hall.