Alarm Handling for COOLANT.RSP program

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 advanced-level, four-hour, hands-on technical workshop is custom designed to:

• cover the alarm handling algorithms used in the COOLANT.RSP program
• briefly discuss certain obvious inconsistencies in the application of PID control being used in this same program

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

• Ladder execution methods; JSR, STI, PII, and MCP
• Basic file handling concepts and indexed addressing
• Advanced file handling instructions; FSC, and using FAL to perform logical AND, OR, and NOT operations
• Alarm handling algorithms used in Ladder File #3
• Mapping memory allocations for data files used in alarm handling

The following topics will be presented through discussions and question/answer periods:

• Overview of the PID instruction
• Selecting the PID equation; Independent or Dependent
• Input and output scaling issues related to PID control
• Timing issues related to consistent PID execution

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 (except as noted in the objectives above) which each student performs 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 0.4 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.

It is required that each student have a good working knowledge of the Allen-Bradley PLC-5 hardware system and of the RSLogix5 software package. Existing skills must include the processing of analog input and output signals. Please note that this is not an entry-level class and students who do not have the prerequisite skills should not attend this workshop.

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

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