Level 1 Skills for the PLC-5 and ControlLogix Using RSLogix Software – Discrete Signals

Note: This page is an example of a custom-designed workshop to demonstrate the amount of detail that can be included in one of these courses. Customers are invited to contact us to discuss their specific training requirements. We’ll be glad to work up a free detailed course specification and provide a no-obligation quote for your consideration. For maximum flexibility, our custom-designed workshops can be priced by the day or by the hour and can accommodate from one to six students in a class.

This five-day, hands-on technical workshop for plant maintenance personnel has been custom designed to:

• cover the basic hardware associated with the PLC-5 and the ControlLogix-5000 families of Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers
• cover the principle features of the RSLogix5 and RSLogix5000 software used to program and monitor the operation of the PLC-5 and the ControlLogix-5000 controllers
• cover the basic techniques required to work with discrete signals associated with PLC-5 and ControlLogix-5000 control systems
• focus on the principle skills necessary to work with the BLOCK80.RSP and the BLOCK10.ACD projects in use by the Acme, Inc. plant at Anytown, AS

The following topics will be presented through hands-on exercises and demonstrations:

• Basic hardware of the PLC-5 and the CLX-5000 controller systems
• Navigating the principal features of the RSLogix5 and RSLogix5000 software
• Fundamentals of the PLC-5 and CLX-5000 ladder logic instruction sets
• Intermediate ladder logic instructions such as MVM, MEQ, FAL, and FSC
• Accessing online help features
• Online and offline editing skills
• Configuring and addressing I/O modules
• I/O wiring and basic troubleshooting
• Monitoring data tables and tag lists
• Accessing and resetting fault codes
• Using the upload and download features
• Emergency Cut-Off systems; wiring for fail-safe operation
• Using I/O forces; techniques and safety issues
• Safety issues when using latches vs. “seal-around” programming techniques
• Entry-level programming skills; linear sequencing
• Scanning concepts such as Subroutines, Jumps, Tasks, Programs, Routines, etc.
• Documentation features such as address comments and rung comments
• Using Block Transfers and MSG commands to communicate with HMI devices on the Remote I/O network
• Troubleshooting techniques using Cross Reference, Find All, Search, Bookmark, Watch List, Histogram, Trend, Browse Logic and Custom Data Monitor features
• Using indirect and indexed addressing
• Data types including DINT, INT, SINT, BOOL, REAL, STRING, User-Defined, etc.
• Working with aliases, arrays, etc.
• Using communications modules such as 1756-DHRIO and 1756-ENET
• Configuring the RSLinx software for various communication hardware

This course will be conducted as a laboratory workshop using the Problem/Solution method of instruction. There are absolutely no transparency projectors and no PowerPoint slide shows involved. Instead, all of the course material is presented through a series of hands-on exercises and demonstrations which the students perform on real-world equipment. By working through the same types of tasks which are commonly encountered in the field, students not only master the material more rapidly but also improve their problem-solving skills and develop the confidence required to apply their new abilities on the job. Most students, particularly those with a maintenance technician background, respond enthusiastically to the challenges of this dynamic style of instruction.

Students successfully completing this course will be awarded 4.0 Continuing Education units.

In order to provide each student with an individual workstation and with adequate instructor attention, the class size is normally limited to six students. Please note that this five-day workshop covers a very large amount of material and that most students will consider the pace to be quite demanding.

It is required that each student have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Windows and also adequate mouse and keyboard skills to enable active participation in the lab exercises. Although the pace of this workshop will not accommodate students who lack these skills, we offer a separate one-day hands-on computer workshop to provide these prerequisites.

For more information, or to register, just contact us at:

843-437-1883          - phone
843-225-0512          - fax
ronbeaufort@gmail.com - email

© Copyright - R.H.Beaufort - Charleston, SC – Updated: May 6, 2008

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