THE WORKSHOP: Data communication is given high priority in today’s industrial environment. This workshop is designed to be hands-on, providing the participants with essential knowledge and helping them to understand and troubleshoot systems. This is a comprehensive two-day hands-on workshop that covers practical aspects of data communication such as serial communications, Ethernet networking, TCP/IP, Modbus, wireless communications and security. This workshop is for enthusiastic engineers and technicians who wish to develop and enhance their practical knowledge in the field of data communications and networking. It will help them to understand the concepts behind data transmission, the various protocols involved, and the topologies that govern data exchange among various systems in industry. It will also equip them with the skills and tools to design and/or maintain these systems on an ongoing basis.

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Hands-On
Data Communication,
Networking and TCP/IP
Troubleshooting
Perth
18 & 19 May 2015
BRISBANE
21 & 22 May 2015
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TechnologyTraining that Works
Edwin Wright
B.Sc B.E. (Hons) (Elec) MIPENZ
Consulting Engineer
A 2-day practical workshop presented by:
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1995 per person
including GST
You will learn how to:
• Set up, configure and troubleshoot RS-232 and 2-wire as well as 4-wire
RS-485 links
• Set up and configure basic Ethernet networks containing hubs, switches
and routers, and troubleshoot these networks down to the packet level
• Configure IP parameters, and do basic TCP/IP troubleshooting down to the
packet level by means of DOS and Windows utilities such as IP address
and port scanners as well as protocol analysers
• Troubleshoot Modbus serial and Modbus TCP systems down to byte level
• Set up IEEE802.11 access points in infrastructure and point-to-point mode,
do site surveys and ‘sniff’ packets
• Implement authentication and encryption on IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
who should attend:
This workshop is designed for personnel with a need to understand the
techniques required to use and apply industrial communications technology as
productively and economically as possible. This includes engineers and
technicians involved with:
• Consulting
• Control and instrumentation
• Control systems
• Design
• Electrical installations
• Instrumentation
• Maintenance supervisors
• Process control
• Process development
• Project management
• SCADA and telemetry systems
• Practical Industrial Networking
Engineers and Technicians
• Practical Troubleshooting and
Problem Solving of Ethernet
Networks
• Practical TCP/IP and Ethernet
Networking for Industry
• Practical Fieldbus, DeviceNet and
Ethernet for Industry

2. Edwin has over 40 years of practical experience in the planning, design,
construction and operation of telecommunications systems, data
networks, SCADA and Ethernet systems. He has also been involved as
Project Manager on many projects and has a passion for technology
topics.
Edwin has published numerous papers and consulted widely on Ethernet, data communications
and telecommunications issues in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand. Over the
past 19 years more than 20,000 engineers and technicians have attended his workshops
worldwide. Delegates attending his workshop will benefit from his tremendous knowledge and
enthusiasm for the topics and his entertaining instructing style. When not working in the
communications world, Edwin relaxes by reading and writing on technology issues at his
beachside home.
Hands-On Data Communication,
An intensive, practical 2-day workshop presented by
Edwin Wright B.Sc B.E. (Hons) (Elec) MIPENZ
Consulting Engineer
Free reference manual
as a hard-copy and eBook (Valued at $223.90)
Our delegates don’t just receive photocopied notes!
You will receive the comprehensive fully illustrated reference manual,
as a hard-copy and eBook version, filled with hundreds of pages of
tables, charts, figures and handy hints.
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trained over 500,000 engineers, technicians
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PLUS 5 eBooks of
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Every delegate will also receive
5 eBooks of their choice
from IDC’s technical library
– valued at $420!
the workshop
Data communication is given high priority in today’s industrial environment. This workshop is
designed to be hands-on, providing the participants with essential knowledge and helping
them to understand and troubleshoot systems.
This is a comprehensive two-day hands-on workshop that covers practical aspects of data
communication such as serial communications, Ethernet networking, TCP/IP, Modbus,
wireless communications and security.
This workshop is for enthusiastic engineers and technicians who wish to develop and enhance
their practical knowledge in the field of data communications and networking. It will help them
to understand the concepts behind data transmission, the various protocols involved, and the
topologies that govern data exchange among various systems in industry. It will also equip
them with the skills and tools to design and/or maintain these systems on an ongoing basis.
Pre-requisites
A basic working knowledge of industrial communications and applications will be useful.
Real-life experience with equipment and hands-on testing will enable the workshop to be
placed in context.
practical sessions
This is a practical, hands-on workshop enabling you to work through exercises which reinforce
the concepts discussed.
This workshop is heavily (~90%) hands-on – students will work in pairs with a
computer.
To gain full value from this workshop, please bring your laptop/notebook computer.

3. Networking and TCP/IP Troubleshooting
The program
Day ONE
SERIAL DATA COMMUNICATIONS
• Asynchronous serial communication basics
PRACTICAL EXERCISES
• RS-232, RS-485 basics
- Setting up the software
- RS-232 basics
- RS-232 point-to-point communication
- RS-232 via virtual null modem
- RS-485 basics (2W and 4W) using
Listen 32 software, voltmeter and
oscilloscope (if available)
ETHERNET AND TCP/IP NETWORKING
NETWORKING BASICS (BRIEF REVIEW)
• Ethernet
• TCP/IP protocol suite
• Internet layer (OSI layer 3) protocols: IP,
ARP, ICMP
• Host-host layer (OSI layer 4) protocols: TCP,
UDP
• Application layer (OSI layer 5/6/7)
protocols: FTP, HTTP, Telnet
• Utilities
• Network components
NETWORK CONSTRUCTION
PRACTICAL EXERCISES
• Constructing a simulated Wide Area
Network simulation with hubs/switches
and pre-configured Cisco 2500 routers
• IP configuration (IP addresses, subnet
masks, default gateways) of hosts
BASIC SYSTEM CHECKS
PRACTICAL EXERCISES
• IP configuration checks (ipconfig, wntipcfg)
• Router configuration checks using IOS
commands via Telnet
• Switch configuration checks using browser
• Connectivity checks (ping, arp, tracert)
• Name resolution (hosts file, Lmhosts file)
TROUBLESHOOTING THE MEDIUM
PRACTICAL EXERCISES
• Fiber connectivity – basic checks
• Cat5 connectivity (damaged and mis-wired
cabling, with cable tester)
TROUBLESHOOTING AT LAYER 2
PRACTICAL EXERCISES
• Ethernet packet analysis with Wireshark
• Checking Ethernet NIC driver configuration
TROUBLESHOOTING AT LAYER 3
PRACTICAL EXERCISES
• Checking stack operation with loop-back
test
• Tracing Ethernet packet contents between
subnets with Wireshark
• Detecting duplicate IP addresses
• Automatic IP address allocation (DHCP
server down)
Day TWO
ETHERNET AND TCP/IP NETWORKING
(cont.)
TROUBLESHOOTING AT LAYER 4
PRACTICAL EXERCISES
• Checking TCP connections, observing TCP
sequence numbers and
acknowledgements with Wireshark
• Scanning ports on hosts with advanced
ports scanner
• Scanning ports on hosts with NMap
• Checking TCP/UDP delay and data rate
between hosts on WAN with IXIA
QuickCheck
INDUSTRIAL PROTOCOLS: MODBUS
MODBUS SERIAL
• Basic client/server concept
• Addressing scheme
• Message structure
PRACTICAL EXERCISES
• Master/slave simulation over null modem
MODBUS TCP
• Basic concept
• Message structure
PRACTICAL EXERCISES
• Master/slave simulation over Ethernet and
TCP/IP
• Modbus Serial/TCP gateway (Moxa Nport
6110)
WIRELESS
• IEEE802.11 wireless LAN overview
PRACTICAL EXERCISES
• Setting up Cisco Aeronet access point
• Configuring an access point as workgroup
bridge to establish a point-to-point link
(wireless bridge) with two Cisco Aeronet
access points
• Sniffing wireless packets with Wireshark
• Quick site survey
• Measuring signal-to-noise ratio with
Netstumbler
SECURITY
• Basic security issues
• WPA2 encryption (AES)
• WPA2 authentication
- Personal mode
- Enterprise mode
PRACTICAL EXERCISES
• Enabling encryption (AES) on a wireless
LAN
• Authentication via RADIUS server
SUMMARY, OPEN FORUM
AND CLOSING
The fee for each workshop covers all materials
including workshop manual, lunches
and refreshments

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• Workshops start at 8:30am and finish at 5:00pm daily.
• Registration is from 8:00am on the first day.
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• Fullpaymentisrequiredpriortothecommencementofthe
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Please note that the Early Bird Booking Offer is only available
to those registrations received by 20 April 2015 and paid
prior to the commencement of the workshop.
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Cancellation
A fee of 20% will apply for written cancellations received
7-14 days prior to the commencement of the workshop.
Cancellations received less than 7 days prior to the workshop
are not refundable however substitutes are welcome.
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IDC Technologies has no affiliation with suppliers or
manufacturersandthereforepresentsacompletelyunbiased
factual view of the industry.
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