ISA’s CyberU online instructor-led training course offers the benefit of a high quality ISA training course with the added advantage of studying at your own pace in the office, at home or while traveling.

This CyberU course runs for seven (7) weeks. Your course syllabus will guide you through the course modules, provide assignments, and the schedule for live Q & A sessions.

Course Modules

Each course modules has been pre-recorded by your instructor, so that you can access on your schedule. Each module is a web/audio session that takes approximately 60 minutes.

Understanding & Implementing Wireless Industrial Automation Systems

• Module 1/Week 1: Introduction and Background
  Covers basic technology overview, important terms, high profile process and related industry wireless implementations, and relevant standards from various standards bodies.
• Module 2/Week 2: Communication Fundamentals
  Covers basic concepts relating to both wired and wireless communication, radio frequency transmissions, various modulation and medium sharing techniques, the basic architecture of standards-based open communication approaches, and how fully integrated systems are implemented.
• Module 3/Week 3: Communication Network Concepts
  Covers communication networks, industrial sensor interfaces, network topologies, circuit and packet switched networks and ISO/OSI 7-layer model for open communication standards.
• Module 4/Week 4: Networking Approaches
  Covers current implementations of TCP/IP and Ethernet, Media Access Control (MAC) techniques, network layer functions and network software architectures.
• Module 5/Week 5: Existing Wireless Options -- IEEE 802.11 and Licensed Radios
  Covers FCC authorized unlicensed bands, traditional licensed radios and issues associated with internetworking, coexistence, and interoperability among wireless options.
• Module 6/Week 6: Existing Wireless Options -- Zigbee, Bluetooth, and WiMax
  Covers existing wireless protocols, their relevance to industrial applications and their associated coexistence and interoperability issues.
• Module 7/Week 7: Advanced Concepts and Final Review
  Covers technologies that are either emerging or appear imminent and how to assess their potential impact based on the concepts learned throughout the course.

Course Materials VALUED at over $300

With registration you will receive:

• Course noteset with slides from course modules and course syllabus
• Textbook: Wireless Networks for Industrial Automation, 2nd Edition by Dick Caro
• Standard Reference:  "Wireless Communication Standards" by Todor Cooklev, IEEE Press
• Resource:  ISA100.11a Proposed Standard Principles of Operation Overview
• Access to specific articles from Sensors Magazine and ISA InTech publications archived on their respective websites

Course Information

Course Number: IC85E
CEUs: 2.1
Price: Member $795, Nonmember $880

Ask the Expert

Interact with your expert instructor, via email throughout the course and through scheduled live Q& A sessions. You can expect a reply to your email within 24 hours. This email address is active during the entire course duration.

There are four live telephone Q&A sessions scheduled during this seven-week course. The Q&A sessions provide an opportunity for you and your classmates to speak one-on-one with the instructor. You will have an opportunity to ask any questions you may have about the course material and interact with your fellow classmates.

Class Discussions

You will be invited to subscribe to a course listserve that includes course participants. You can use this listserve to post questions and share experience relevant to the course with other class members.

Course Assignments and Exams

Take the course pre-test before you begin studying the course material to get a better understanding of areas that you will want to focus on more during the course.
Homework assignments for all modules will be indicated on the syllabus. The homework assignments are designed to help expand your understanding of the course material.
Complete the final exam for the course in order to receive Continuing Education Units (CEU) credit. The final exam will be taken and scored online. You must receive at least 80% on the course exam to receive CEU credit. Continuing Education Units (CEU) credits in the amount of 2.1 units are awarded to all students who successfully complete the final course exam.