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3 Days

This course is designed to advance a plant technician’s knowledge and skills in the use of the ControlLogix PLC platform. Participants will learn to work with complex data types and instructions. A series of analog projects will be completed with the I/O panels to increase comfort and familiarity with analog cards and settings.

Unique features based around internal messages and inter-PLC communications will be covered.

This course is taught using a ControlLogix software simulation environment and with ControlLogix PLC experiment stations with I/O panels.

Topics :

Controllogix Basics Reviewed Tags and Data Types Controller Faults Communications Advanced Program Instructions Analog I/O Processes

 

 

TOPIC 1: CONTROLLOGIX BASICS REVIEWED

Objective: Describe basic ControlLogix Software SUBTOPICS

• Hardware configurations
• ControlLogix Software and RSLinx
• Program Files and Projects
• Common Instructions

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TOPIC 2: TAGS AND DATA TYPES

Objective: Explains data types and tag standards SUBTOPICS

• User defined data types
• Arrays
• Tag Scope
• Indirect addresses and pointers

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TOPIC 3: CONTROLLER FAULTS

Objective: Differentiate between faults and clear/solve faults SUBTOPICS

• Fault Handlers
• Identifying and clearing major faults
• Monitoring module connections
• Identifying minor faults

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TOPIC 4: COMMUNICATIONS

Objective: Identify and test PLC communications schemes SUBTOPICS

• PLC Network Topology
• Data Highway DH+
• Producing and Consuming Tags
• Communicating with SLC500 and PLC5
• Ethernet structure
• ControlNet Bridges
• Solving communications problems

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TOPIC 5: ADVANCED PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS

Objective: Interpret and modify advanced instructions SUBTOPICS

• Messages CSV/GSV
• Array Instructions
• Bit Shifts and Sequences
• Use of Bit Masks
• Program Controls
• Diagnostic Instructions
• PID Instructions
• Math Conversions

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TOPIC 6: ANALOG I/O PROCESSES

Objective: Configure and interpret analog rungs and modules SUBTOPICS

• Interpreting Analog Control Rungs
• Analog Module Configuration
• 1-5 VDC, 0-10 VDC circuits and settings
• 4-20 mA circuits and settings
• Forcing an Analog Value
• PID control loops

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