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Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance
The Honeywell DCS as a plant engineer meets it: C300 controllers and I/O, assets and control modules, simulation and forcing, HMI and trends, redundant servers, controller activation and replacement, networks and Experion HS.
Inside the course
From the lessons
Experion PKS, the C300 and I/O
AUTOMATION TOOLS
Assets, Control Modules and Logic
AUTOMATION TOOLS
Simulation, Forcing and I/O Reconfiguration
Hoang Phuc Nguyen
HMI, Trends and Alarms
AUTOMATION TOOLS
Servers: Redundancy, Sync, Restarts, Replication, Archiving, Backup
AUTOMATION TOOLS
Controllers: Activation, Failure, Replacement, CEE
instrumentation A. R. Learn
Lesson frames belong to the creators named in the Credits below and are shown from YouTube.
What you will learn
Describe Experion PKS hardware and check its health, insert and activate C300 controllers and I/O, create assets and control modules and modify logic, simulate and force I/O safely, modify HMI, trends and alarm priorities, maintain redundant servers with synchronisation, restarts, replication fixes, archiving and backups, recover and replace controllers, and configure networks and Experion HS.
- Describe Experion PKS hardware, C300 and Series C I/O, and check health
- Create assets and control modules, modify logic and build first-out detection
- Simulate from a chart, force inputs safely and reconfigure channels by SOP
- Modify HMI displays, trends and alarm priorities
- Maintain redundant servers: sync, restarts, replication, archiving, backups
- Activate, recover and replace C300 controllers and run the CEE
- Configure switches for SCADA and set up Experion HS channels and points
For you
Taking Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance from the United States
- Free in the United States, as everywhere, and self-paced: lessons, notes and the final assessment are open at any hour, so your time zone and shift pattern do not matter.
- The optional certificate for learners in the United States is a one-off US$28.99. What you get for it
- Plants across the Americas most often run Allen-Bradley, Siemens and Inductive Automation; each has its own free course to take next.
- See automation and engineering jobs in the United States, and what the industry looks like in Houston, Detroit and Chicago.
- EDWartens also has a regional site for the United States, for classroom training and local support: edwartens.com/us.
The course project 路 about 20 hours
Crude-unit fired heater on Experion PKS: C300 strategies, pass balancing, Series C I/O, alarm rationalisation and a redundancy FAT
Design, configure, test and document the Experion PKS control of a four-pass crude charge heater at a Rotterdam refinery: redundant C300 controllers on FTE, Series C I/O, Control Builder strategies for the coil-outlet cascade, pass balancing, combustion air and draft, HMIWeb displays, and a rationalised alarm list, with the burner management system kept where it belongs, in a separate SIS. You deliver the configuration in Experion's own terms, your own I/O list, alarm list and FAT record. The sample pack shows what a Honeywell integrator hands a refinery.
Sample document pack, 10 documents, filled in for the scenario
- Network architectureSystem and Network Architecture: CDU Experion PKS, H-101 Phase
- HDSHardware Design Specification: C300, Series C I/O Allocation and Loading
- Control narrativeControl Narrative: Crude Charge Heater H-101
- SDSSoftware Design Specification: Control Module Typicals and Naming
- I/O listI/O List: H-101, Series C I/O Links 1 and 2
- Alarm philosophyAlarm Philosophy: YPR Rotterdam Site (applied to H-101)
- Alarm listMaster Alarm Database: H-101
- Cause & effectCause and Effect Matrix: H-101 DCS Overrides and Trip Response, with the BMS Trips for Reference
- HMI specDisplay Hierarchy and Screen Specification: HMIWeb, H-101
- FATFactory Acceptance Test Record: H-101 Experion PKS System
Read inside the course and download as a workbook. The project is optional practice, marked when you submit it; the certificate needs only the modules and the final assessment.
Course content
8 modules 路 28 lessons 路 4h 48m
In order, at whatever pace suits you. Each module ends with a practice task that builds on the last.
- 01Experion PKS, the C300 and I/O2 lessons22m
- 02Assets, Control Modules and Logic6 lessons1h 27m
- 03Simulation, Forcing and I/O Reconfiguration3 lessons33m
- 04HMI, Trends and Alarms3 lessons34m
- 05Servers: Redundancy, Sync, Restarts, Replication, Archiving, Backup5 lessons54m
- 06Controllers: Activation, Failure, Replacement, CEE3 lessons13m
- 07Networks and Experion HS5 lessons46m
- 08Final Assessment1 lesson32m
Requirements
- Who it is for
- Intermediate. Instrumentation and control basics assumed.
- Software
- Experion PKS and Experion HS (licensed; lessons recorded on live engineering stations) What to download, and how
- Hardware
- None. Follow by watching and re-drawing.
Software you need
What to download, where from, what it costs and how to install it. Every link goes to the maker's own site, never a mirror.
Nothing to install to finish the course
The lessons are recorded on live Experion engineering stations.
Optional
Useful, not needed to finish the course.
- 01Licensed systems only
Experion PKS
Honeywell
- Runs on
- Windows (supplied as part of the licensed system)
- Account
- Access through an employer, a university or Honeywell Academy
Honeywell does not offer a public download or trial of Experion PKS or Experion HS. Learners get access through an employer's system or through Honeywell Academy courses and certification, which are paid.
Steps
- 1.Ask your employer or college whether they have Experion or a training system.
- 2.Look at Honeywell Academy's self-paced, virtual and in-person Experion PKS courses.
- 3.Meanwhile, practise control logic and HMI skills with free tools such as CODESYS or Ignition.
Honeywell product pageprocess.honeywell.comLegitimate free routes
- Honeywell Academy training: Honeywell's own Experion PKS courses and certification programme.
- Ignition (trial mode): Free SCADA platform to practise supervisory control and HMI design.
- CODESYS Development System: Free tool to practise control logic used in DCS work.
Checked against each maker's own page on 27 September 2026. Trial lengths and editions change; the maker's page is the final word.
Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance at a glance
Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance is a free, self-paced online course from EDWartens for engineering students, ITI and diploma holders, and working engineers in process control. It has 8 modules and 4h 48m of video lessons by AUTOMATION TOOLS, Hoang Phuc Nguyen, Chendur Kumar _ Instrument Info and others, with written notes and worked problems, a practical project with a document pack and a 15-question final assessment (pass mark 60%). Learning is free with an account; an optional certificate with a public verification code is issued when you pass. Last updated 27 September 2026.
All course factsHide course facts
- Price
- Free, for good. No trial, no card. The only paid item is the optional certificate, a small one-off fee.
- Who it is for
- Engineering students, ITI and diploma holders, and working engineers in process control
- Format
- 8 self-paced modules, 4h 48m of video, written notes, a practice task per module and one final assessment.
- Level
- Intermediate. Intermediate. Instrumentation and control basics assumed.
- Brand
- Vendor-neutral
- Software
- Experion PKS and Experion HS (licensed; lessons recorded on live engineering stations)
- Hardware
- None. Follow by watching and re-drawing.
- Certificate
- Optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, verifiable by code. Not a vendor credential.
- Video lessons by
- AUTOMATION TOOLS, Hoang Phuc Nguyen, Chendur Kumar _ Instrument Info, instrumentation A. R. Learn, Sepinggan Maint (independent creators, credited below)
- Language
- English
- Last updated
- 27 September 2026
A shareable EDWartens certificate
Finish every module and pass the final assessment, and the optional EDWartens certificate is yours. It carries a unique verification code on a public page anyone can check, so it stands up when a recruiter looks it up. See it below.
The course itself stays free whether or not you ever buy one.
Stuck? Ask a practising engineer
A free course usually means a comment section and hope. This one does not. Every module has an Ask-your-trainer panel that reaches the same engineers who teach our paid programme: people who commission panels for a living, not moderators.
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Common questions
Is this a programming course or a maintenance course?
Mostly engineering and maintenance procedures as performed on a live plant, plus control module building and logic changes; it is the work a site Experion engineer does.
Can I practise without Experion?
Experion is licensed; follow the procedures closely and re-write them as your own SOPs. The free PID and Instrumentation courses cover the control theory with simulators.
Why only two source channels?
Several other Honeywell playlists were in Hindi or could not be verified as English, and were left out.
Is the Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance course really free?
Yes. Every module, practice task and assessment. You create an account so your progress is saved and the assessments can be marked. The certificate is the only paid item, and only if you want it.
What certificate do I get, and is it a Honeywell qualification?
An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you pass the final assessment, with a verification code anyone can check. It is not a Honeywell credential and is never described as one.
Who made the video lessons in the Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance course?
The creators named in the Credits block at the foot of this page, on their own YouTube channels. EDWartens did not make the videos and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.
How long does the Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance course take?
Plan on about 10 hours in all, including the video lessons, notes and practice tasks. It is self-paced, so you work through the eight modules at your own speed.
What you walk away with
Your certificate for Honeywell Experion PKS DCS: Engineering and Maintenance
Finish the course, pass the final, and this is the document with your name on it.
Verifiable by anyone
Adds to LinkedIn in one click
QR code on the certificate
Names what you can do
A permanent link
Earned, not attended
Learning is free. The certificate is optional.
Add it now and pay only when you have finished the course, or come back for it later. One-off, US$28.99, with a receipt.
Issued by EDWartens, the training division of Wartens, as a Certificate of Completion for this self-paced course. Sold by Wartens Ltd (England and Wales). It is not a vendor certification, a university award or a CPD-accredited activity, and it does not certify competence on live equipment. Delivered electronically; see the refund policy.
Credits
Who made the video lessons
The video lessons in this course were created by the people below, not by EDWartens. Every lesson streams from its creator's own YouTube channel; EDWartens neither hosts nor sells that footage, and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens and do not endorse this course. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.
- AUTOMATION TOOLSthe Honeywell Experion PKS engineering and maintenance procedures
- Hoang Phuc Nguyenthe Experion PKS and Experion HS tutorials
- Chendur Kumar _ Instrument Infothe C300 system cabinet walkthrough and the Control Builder lesson
- instrumentation A. R. Learnthe overview of how the C300 controller works
- Sepinggan Maintthe C300 checkpoint restore demonstration
If you are one of these creators and would like a lesson removed or credited differently, write to info@wartens.com.