202 - Exam Prep - LonMark® Certified Professional (Webinar)

This live online class is designed specifically to prepare you for successful completion of the LonMark Professional Certification Exam. LonMark Certified Professional (LCP) validates your industry knowledge of LonWorks networks in areas of network design, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting. With this class, you will be provided access to an extensive online study guide and numerous practice quizzes to ensure you are comfortable with the material before taking the exam.

Course Duration: 3 days (90 minutes per day)
Course Fee: $620 USD
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  • Embedded Device Developers
  • Installers/Specifiers/Estimators
  • Control Network Integrators
  • Anyone preparing for the LonMark® Professional Certification Exam

Additional Audiences

This course is a must for anyone working with LonWorks control networks, including network design engineers, building automation control technicians, network installation technicians, and sales engineers.

Multi-course Discount: Get 15% off the list price if you attend two courses at the same location during the same week.

Multi-student Discount: Get 15% off the list price if two or more employees from the same company attend the same course, on the same date, at the same location.

Registration must occur at the same time and for the same training location. Courses will be invoiced together. Training discounts cannot be combined or applied to other special pricing.

Background

  • A basic understanding of LonWorks concepts and terminology, as provided by the LonWorks Control Technology eTraining course.
  • One or more years installing LonWorks and/or BACnetTM control networks

Equipment

  • XP 32-bit (SP3), 2003, Vista 32-bit/64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit
    • Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9 (Win7 only), Firefox latest (32-bit) or Chrome latest
    • JavaScript and cookies enabled
    • Requires Sun Java 5 or higher
    • Recommend ActiveX be enabled for Internet Explorer
    • Adobe Flash Player 11 (required for practice quizzes)
    • Intel or AMD processor (1GHz or faster)
    • At least 512 MB RAM (at least 2 GB RAM for Vista)
  • Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, 10.7
    • Safari 4/5/5.1, Firefox latest, or Chrome latest
    • JavaScript and cookies enabled
    • oRequires Apple Java 5 or higher
    • oAdobe Flash Player 11 (required for practice quizzes)
    • No support for Remote Access
    • Intel processor
    • At least 512 MB RA

 

Course Objectives

  • Review LonWorks terminology
  • Identify control network architectures, topologies and components
  • Determine LonWorks control network infrastructure requirements
  • Explore device software and hardware components
  • Ascertain control network programming requirements and methods
  • Determine key test and verification means
  • Consider LonWorks IP networks requirements
  • Prepare to successfully take the LonMark Professional Certification Exam

Course Outline

  • LonWorks Overview
    • LonWorks Terminology
    • Evolution of Control Systems
    • LonTalk Protocol
  • Network Architectures and Topologies
    • Network Topologies
    • Selecting a Network Management / Integration Tool
    • LonWorks Network Services (LNS®)
  • Infrastructure Components
    • Main Infrastructure Components
    • LonWorks Channel Media Types
    • LonWorks Routers and Repeaters
    • LonTalk Adapter / Network Interface
  • Installing the Physical Network
    • Cable Installation
    • Twisted Pair Cable Type Limitations
    • Termination
    • Grounding Shielded Twisted Pair Cable
  • LonWorks Devices
    • Contents of a Device
    • Neuron Chips and Transceivers
    • LonMark Task Groups
    • LonMark Device Certification
  • Programming the Network
    • Functional Blocks
    • Network Variables (NVs)
    • Message Services
    • Configuration Properties (CPs)
    • Methods for Changing CP Values
    • Commissioning
  • Testing and Verifying the Network
    • Testing and Verifying
    • Test and Verification Tools
    • Device Status LEDs
  • LonWorks and IP Networks
    • Typical Uses of IP with LonWorks Networks
    • Internet Protocol (IP) Suite
    • IP-852 Channel
    • TCP/IP Configuration
    • LonWorks/IP Configuration Server

 

Students will be given online access an extensive study guide and a number of interactive practice quizzes. These learning aids are designed to ensure optimal comfort level with the material before taking the exam. As indicated under Prerequisites, the practice quizzes requires Adobe Flash Player 11 and Internet access on the viewing PC.

The study guide and practice quizzes are copyrighted and may not be downloaded, copied, printed or distributed in any form. Efforts to keep this material secure maintain the value of LonMark Professional Certification and helps ensure that only qualified LonWorks professionals who are full trained become certified.

In registering for this course, students agree to not share course login information and to not download, copy, print or distribute the course material in any form. Students also agree to not “share” course attendance with multiple individuals viewing the live webinar on one computer.

LonMark Professional Certification provides a worldwide standard of proficiency for individuals who install, integrate, and maintain building automation systems using LonMark certified products. The certification applies to building automation and control engineers and integrators working with HVAC, lighting, security, and building automation systems. A growing number of system specifiers are requiring integration contractors to have certified professionals on staff to ensure project personnel are highly trained and proficient.

Note that the course fee does not include the exam fee. The exam fee is paid separately to LonMark International. Information about LonMark Professional Certification can be found at www.lonmark.org/certifications/professional_certification/.

The LonMark Certified Professional Exam is offered in testing centers throughout the world including the nearly 500 Castle IBT Sites in the United States. Information and links to the testing centers can be found at http://www.lonmark.org/certifications/professional_certification/test_centers/registration.shtml.