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Posted: 06/30/04

IDS 285 - Industrial Graphical Communication

Course Description

Provides hands on experience in the development and implementation of graphical computer based HMI (Human-Machine Interfaces) for control of automated machines and industrial manufacturing systems. This course is built on the user’s knowledge/familiarity of programmable logic controls (PLC’s) and demonstrates the capabilities and economic impact of PC based controls systems. The manufacturing industry’s demand for low cost automated solutions has pushed the desktop PC into the plant floor. Areas such as front end creation, I/O assignments and communications, alarming, and acknowledgement, data trending and more are covered and explored throughout the course.

Competency Areas	Hours
Program Development Environment	Class	5
Tagname Directory	D. Lab	2
Animation Links	P. Lab/O.B.I.	3
Quick Scripts	Credit	7
Alarms
Real Time & Historical Trending
I/O Communication
Advanced Tag Functionality

Prerequisite:	IDS 285
Corequisite:

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.

Program Development Environment		8	3	4
Introduction to Graphical Application	Run graphical software for the first time and use the Application Manager
Development Environment	Create and manipulate graphics in the development environment
Creating A New Application	Create a new application, new windows, and add new graphics to the application pages.
Tagname Directory		5	3	4
Tag Name Definition	Understand the Tag Name Directory. Understand different Tag types. Find Tags with Tagname Browser.
Creating Tags	Create tags of all types.
Animation Links		5	5	4
Animating Objects	Identify the different animation link options and use the links to animate objects. Import pre-configured animated windows.
Quick Scripts		7	3	4
Quick Script Types	Explain define and use the various Quick Script types.
Quick Script Editor	Understand different Quick Script functions & keywords
Alarms		5	2	4
Alarms & Events	Understand the different alarm types and events and add alarm functionality to applications.
The Distributed Alarm	Understand the different between local and remote alarms and events add Distributed alarm functionality to applications.
Real Time & Historical Trending		5	3	4
Real Time Trends	Create a Trend using Real Time Data
Historical Trends	Create a Trend using Historical Data
I/O Communication		7	1	2
I/O Communication Protocols	Understand I/O Communications Protocols, Configure, an Access Name
I/O Server	Configure and Start-up I/O Server.
Troubleshooting I/O	Troubleshoot problems with communication between an I/O Server and Application and an I/O Server and PLC.
Advanced Tag Functionality		8	0	3
Advanced I/O Functions	Identify advanced I/O functions. Explain Dynamic Reference Addressing.
Indirect Tags	Explain the concept and practice of Indirect Tags.
Super Tags	Define and use a Super Tag
DB Dump and DB Load	Import & Export Tagname Dictionaries.
Optimizing The Tagname Directory	Explain tag/link substitution, conversion and deletion. Import & Export Windows. Utilize the Cross Reference utility.
Deleting Tags	Understand the steps necessary to delete unused or erroneous tags.

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