CONTROLLOGIX BASICS REVIEWED
Objective: Describe basic ControlLogix system functions
- Hardware configurations
- ControlLogix software
- Program files and projects
- Aliases and tagged addressing
- Common Instructions
TAGS AND DATA TYPES
Objective: Explain data types and tag standards
- User defined data types
- Produced and consumed tags
- Arrays
- Tag scope
- Intro to indirect addresses and pointers
CONTROLLER AND MODULE FAULTS
Objective: Differentiate between major faults and simple clear/solve faults
- Fault Handlers
- Identifying and clearing major faults
- Monitoring module connections
- Identifying minor faults
COMMUNICATIONS
Objective: Identify and test PLC communication and network schemes
- PLC Network Topology
- Configure messages (MSG)
- Ethernet structure and settings
- Solving communications problems
STATUS FLAGS AND SYSTEM VALUES
Objective: Interpret programs references and parameters that access controller objects
- Learn to Get (GSV) and Set (SSV) System Values
- Use the WALLCLOCKTIME Object to Trigger Time and Date Based Events
ADVANCED PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS
Objective: Interpret and modify advanced instructions. Incorporate advanced program instructions to facilitate input and output analog operations.
- Compare instructions such as MOV, EQU, GRT
- Compute/Math instructions such as MUL, SUB
- Messages SSV/GSV
- Array Instructions
- Bit shifts and sequencers
- Use of bit masks
- Diagnostic instructions
- Math conversions
ANALOG I/O PROCESSES
Objective: Configure and interpret analog rungs and modules
- Interpreting analog control rungs
- Analog module configuration
- 1 – 5 VDC, 0 – 10 VDC circuits and settings
- 4 – 20 mA circuits and settings
- Typical industrial automation control loops
- I/O module scaling
- Trends and plotting