ATMN 165 - Industrial Control Systems-Siemens

4 Credit: (1 lecture, 3 open-lab, 0 clinical) 4 Contact Hours: [Prerequisite: ATMN 110 or ELEC 252 ][Pre- or co-requisite: ATMN 140 ]

This course emphasizes the use, selection, set up, and servicing of programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and provides experience in PLC logic functions, installation, programming, networking protocols, remote I/O, and troubleshooting PLC programs and installations. Extensive hands-on training is conducted using Siemens Simatic S7-300 PLC hardware and Siemens Simatic Step 7 programming software.
OFFERED: as needed

Course Goals/ Objectives/ Competencies:
Goal 1: Introduction to PLCs.

Open a Processor File using PLC Software.
Download a PLC Processor File using PLC programming software.
Configure a Serial Communications Driver.
Monitor PLC operation using PLC programming software.
Run a PLC Processor File using PLC programming software.
Stop a PLC Processor File using PLC programming software.

Goal 2: Demonstrate basic PLC programming.

Convert between decimal and binary.
Monitor the status of Boolean Tags.
Create a PLC project.
Configure the I/O of a PLC.
Enter and run a Basic PLC Routine.

Goal 3: Demonstrate PLC Motor Control.

Design a PLC program to jog a motor.
Design a PLC program to control the Start/Stop of a bi-directional motor.
Create a BOOL Tag/Array for a PLC project.
Design a PLC program to interlock two motors.
Design a PLC Program that uses a safety interlock to control the operation of a machine.
Develop a Wiring Diagram to Interface a PLC to a Machine Controller.

Goal 4: Create PLC Timer Instructions.

Enter and Edit a PLC Program that uses timing instructions.
Design a PLC Program that Provides Low Voltage Starting of an Electric Motor.
Design a PLC Program that Controls a Centrifugal Air Compressor.

Goal 5: Create PLC Counter Instructions.

Enter and Edit a PLC Program that Uses a Count Up Instruction.
Design a PLC Program to Indicate When Preventive Maintenance Should be performed.
Enter and Edit a PLC Program that Uses an Up/Down Counter Instruction.
Enter a PLC Program that converts BCD to an integer.
Enter and Edit a PLC Program that converts an integer to BCD.
Design a PLC Program that Controls an Adjustable Counting Station.

Goal 6: Investigate, configurations, forces, and major and minor PLC faults.

Identify and resolve faults indicated by a PLC.
Understand concepts of configuration of local and remote I/O busses.
Explore safe uses of I/O forces.
Create a ladder logic routine utilizing remote analog I/O.
Rewrite a relay logic ladder diagram as a PLC ladder logic routine.

Goal 7: Investigate tag based programming.

Understand importance of accurate documentation in tag based programming.
Construct a ladder logic program using tag and alias tag identifiers.
Integrate “compare functions” into a ladder logic routine.
Demonstrate a working ladder logic routine incorporating timers and compare functions.

Goal 8: Correctly wire an input card and an output card.

Implement the proper wiring of a PLC system given a wiring diagram.
Connect and Test a Limit Switch to a Discrete Input Module.
Connect and Test the Operation of an Electronic Sensor to a PLC Input Module.
Connect and Test the Operation of a PLC Input Module to a Robot Output Module.
Connect and Test the Operation of a PLC Discrete Output Module to a Robot Input Module.

Goal 9: Integrate an HMI device into a PLC.

Revise a ladder logic routine to incorporate an HMI as an input and an output device.