RT10-203: Industrial Networking

In this course, students will gain basic industrial networking knowledge with an emphasis on industrial automation systems. Networking and integration will be taught in respect to factory automation and process automation. Industrial networking will be defined and compared to the more wellknown computer-based network. The class will dive into open source and proprietary protocols, network types and topology, cabling, and advancements emerging with Industry 4.0. Network infrastructure and architecture will be explained, and students will begin to understand the importance of monitoring, reliability, and security within an industrial process. Learning about networking in an industrial environment is essential to troubleshooting machine communication and control problems. This foundation is crucial to working with the basic automation as well as the growing adoption of smart, automated systems in so many industries.