Wise up to data communications

An American Technical Publishers product story

Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team Jun 21, 2002

The third edition of Industrial Data Communications is a survival guide for technical professionals who have little or no background in data communications.

The third edition of Industrial Data Communications is a survival guide for technical professionals who have little or no background in data communications.

Many of these professionals are forced to learn data communications because the processes aren't as transparent as they should be.

The author, Lawrence M Thompson, dedicates the book "to many practitioners who, through no fault of their own, have arrived at the position of needing knowledge of industrial data communications just to survive.

Industrial Data Communications provides readers with the knowledge they need to understand, troubleshoot, and maintain both legacy and leading-edge data communication systems.

This latest edition reflects the dynamic, continuously changing nature of data communications.

It describes how data is organized and moved for different functional tasks.

It also includes a complete description of relevant terminology, standards, and protocols.

The text emphasizes practical functional aspects of common systems rather than design criteria.

This third edition contains considerably more material than the first or second edition, expanding upon certain industrial communications such as the different Fieldbuses and coverage of the higher speed Ethernet technologies that have become increasingly adapted to industrial use.

Industrial Data Communications is aimed at the instrumentation and control audience and at the manufacturing market.

Readers will enjoy its conversational style and its coverage of trends in the growth and application of data communications in the industrial environment as well as emerging technologies.

Industrial Data Communications is part of ISA's Resources for Management and Control Services series.

Industrial Data Communications is available from American Technical Publishers (atp@ameritech.co.uk ) and sells for GBP67.00.