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Scope
This hands-on course is designed to teach you how to properly install, operate, and troubleshoot
any of the Allen-Bradley PLC-5 family of programmable logic controllers. This course stresses the practical aspects of troubleshooting
these sophisticated and complex programmable controllers. The author/instructor has used his over twenty years of practical
control and teaching experience to condense the thousands of pages of technical information from the manufacturer's manuals
into clear and concise solutions to your everyday problems. The installation section emphasizes practical examples of how
to set-up and configure local, remote, hierarchical and distributive control systems. You also will be given hands-on opportunity
to configure I/O modules using the various slot addressing techniques so that you can locate any field termination point.
You will do many practical exercises and practice problems to help you understand the complex subjects of program and data
table file organization, number systems and processor information flow.
Although this is not specifically a programming course, basic
relay type instructions, timers and counters, and data manipulation instructions will be discussed along with the opportunity
to perform many practical programming exercises and practice problems. Studies have indicated that eighty percent of the faults
associated with a PLC based control system involve either I/O devices or field wiring. You will learn how to use the PLC-5
hardware and software to be able to find these faults quickly. The remaining twenty percent of the faults can also be quickly
found using software tools that usually remain hidden to all but the most experienced troubleshooting professional. You will
be given the keys to unlock these tools along with job aids that you can take back to your job site for easy future reference.
Prerequisites: A strong working knowledge of
Electricity, Electronics, and either Motor Control Basics or Instrumentation is required. In addition it would be very helpful
for the participant to have a good general understanding of personal computers.
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