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IDS 142 – Industrial  PLC’s II

Course Description

Provides for hands-on development of operational skills in the maintenance and troubleshooting of industrial control systems and automated industrial equipment. Emphasis is placed on applying skills developed in previous courses in programmable logic controls (PLC’s) in a industrial setting. This course includes advanced skills necessary to complete the students knowledge and skills to understand and work with PLC’s in an industrial plant.

 

Competency Areas

Hours

 

Data Manipulation Instructions

Class

4

Math Instructions

D. Lab

0

Program Control Instructions

P. Lab/O.B.I.

6

Introduction to HMI’s

Credit

6

Analog Control

 

 

Troubleshooting Discrete I/O Devices

 

 

 

 

 

Prerequisite/ Corequisite: IDS 141

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D.Lab

P.Lab/

O.B.I.

Data Manipulation Instructions

6

0

10

Data Transfer Instructions

Discuss and program Get and Put instructions.

Execute the program.

 

 

 

Data Compare Instructions

Discuss, program, and execute Less Than, Equal To, Greater Than, Less Than or Equal To, and Greater Than or Equal To Instructions.

 

 

 

Math Instructions                                         

4

0

5

Program Math Instructions

Discuss, program, and execute; Addition, Subtraction, Division, and Multiplication instructions.

 

 

 

Program Control Instructions

5

0

10

Master Control Reset

Discuss, program, and execute Master Control Reset Instructions

 

 

 

Zone Control Reset

Discuss, program, and execute zone control last state instructions.

 

 

 

Jump Instructions and Subroutines

Discuss, program, and execute jump and subroutine instructions.

 

 

 

Immediate Inputs and Outputs

Discuss, program, and execute immediate input and output instructions.

 

 

 

Forcing

Discuss, program, and execute forcing instructions.

 

 

 

Introduction to HMI’s

10

0

20

Human Machine Interface

Discuss the role of HMI’s in Industry.

Discuss and program discrete I/O control.

Discuss and program ladder logic to communicate with HMI.

 

 

 

Analog Control

5

0

10

Programming

Discuss and program analog control devices

 

 

 

Scaling

Discuss and apply scaling to analog control.

 

 

 

Execute programs

Write and execute an analog control program.

 

 

 

Troubleshooting Discrete I/O Devices

10

0

5

Troubleshooting Techniques

Discuss troubleshooting techniques using the LED’s.

Discuss troubleshooting techniques using the PC.

 

 

 

Application

Apply troubleshooting techniques using the LED’s.

Apply troubleshooting techniques using the PC.

 

 

 

 

Suggested Resources

 

Books

 

Petruzella, F. D. (1989). Programmable logic controllers. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Rexford, K. B. (1991). Electrical control for machines (4th ed.). Albany, NY: Delmar.

Swanston, F. (1992). A systems approach to programmable controllers. Albany, NY:Delmar.

Morriss, S. Brian, (2000)  Programmable Logic Controllers. NJ, Prentice Hall

Geller, David A. (2000) Programmable Controllers (Using the Allen-Bradley SLC – 500 Family) NJ, Prentice Hall

 

Technical Manuals

 

Rockwell PLC technical manuals

Siemans technical manuals

GE technical manuals

 

Audio Visuals

 

Primedia PLC series

Coastal PLC series