Engineering and TechnicalIndustrial Controller Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
When a control system fault stops production, the cost is measured in hours. This course builds a systematic method for finding the fault rather than replacing parts until the symptom clears. Delegates work through controller and input output architecture, diagnostic indicators and what they actually mean, communication and network fault finding, power supply and earthing problems, and the discipline of isolating a fault to hardware, configuration or field device. Substantial time is spent on the failures that mislead: intermittent faults, earthing problems that present as communication errors, and field device failures that appear to be controller faults.
Course objectives
- Describe controller and input output architecture and the signal path end to end
- Interpret diagnostic indicators and status information correctly
- Isolate a fault to hardware, configuration, network or field device
- Diagnose industrial network and communication faults
- Identify power supply and earthing problems and their misleading symptoms
- Approach intermittent faults systematically rather than by replacement
- Restore a system safely and verify the repair before returning to service
Who should attend
- Control and instrumentation technicians and engineers
- Maintenance and shift technical staff
- Automation engineers
- Plant electricians working on control systems
- Technical supervisors responsible for uptime
Course outline
- 01Controller and input output architecture and the signal path
- 02Diagnostic indicators, status words and what they really tell you
- 03A systematic fault isolation method
- 04Industrial network and communication fault finding
- 05Power supply, earthing and the faults they imitate
- 06Field device failures that look like controller faults
- 07Intermittent faults and how to trap them
- 08Safe restoration and verification before return to service
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 to 11 September 2026 | Mbabane, Eswatini | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 8 to 12 September 2026 | Maputo, Mozambique | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 13 to 17 September 2026 | Gaborone, Botswana | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 4 to 8 October 2026 | Lagos, Nigeria | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 19 to 23 November 2026 | Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 21 to 25 November 2026 | Lagos, Nigeria | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |