DATA COMMUNICATIONS - ASCII Code - More than Cables & Connectors - General Technical Data - How Data Communications Works ? - Handshaking - Interfaces - V.24 / RS-232-C - RS-422 / RS-485 - Network - Topology - Industrial Interfaces - The Problem of Interference - Interference Suppression - Types of Copper Cables - Distance and Design - Cable Coding - Selecting the Right Cable - Fibre Optic Communications - Open System Interconnection (OSI) - Designing Networks - Data Communication over the Telecommunications Network LOCAL COMMUNICATION - Different Fieldbuses - Profibus - Profibus DP - Profibus Technology and Application - Modbus ASCII & Modbus RTU - Modbus Plus - Modbus/TCP - LonWorks REMOTE CONNECTIONS - PSTN Dial-Up Lines - Analogue Leased Lines - Using HyperTerminal - AT-Commands - High Speed Technologies (ADSL, ...) - GSM - Services on GSM Network - GSM vs. GPRS - ISDN - Radio Communication - Antennas INDUSTRIAL ETHERNET - Ethernet Background - IEEE 802.3 Ethernet - Ethernet on Fibre Optic - Hub or Switch - Different Types of Switches - Swithch Functions - Head of Line Blocking Prevention - VLAN - IGMP / IGMP Snooping - Time Synchronised Networks - SNTP / NTP - SNMP & SNMP Software - MIB (Management Info' Base) - OPC (OLE for Process Control) ETHERNET ON CABLE - 10Mbit/s, Fast, Gigabit Ethernet - 10Base-T, 10Base-FL, 10Base2 - 100Base-TX, 100Base-FX GLOSSARY - Data Communications Glossary
- Selecting the Right Cable
- Analogue Leased Lines