Allen Bradley PLC-5 First Line Maintenance Using RSLogix 5 Software

Course overview
Manufacturers are increasingly facing greater pressures to reduce costs and maintain efficiency whilst also maximising output. These problems are further challenged when it comes to arranging shift patterns to release essential production line staff for training.

This problem can be eased, as we now offer you three day courses rather than our more traditional five day courses on Allen Bradley PLCs. Our new three day course enables you to maintain your efficiency levels with the minimum of disruption, whilst also providing focused learning.

The Allen Bradley PLC-5 PLC First Line Maintenance course equips maintenance personnel with the essential knowledge and skills to identify and maintain PLC-5 PLCs and component parts, to be able to connect a PC to access and monitor the live program and to be able to perform basic maintenance duties
including the backup and restore of programs.


Target group
All engineering personnel involved with maintenance and servicing of automated systems controlled by Allen Bradley PLC-5 using RSLogix 5 Software.

Previous knowledge
Delegates should have a basic understanding of PLCs or have attended our Introduction to PLCs course and have some familiarity with Microsoft Windows.

Course duration
Courses run over three days.


Syllabus

Allen Bradley PLC-5 hardware

• Hardware components
• Hardware configuration
• Know the purpose of the external CPU switches, CPU ports & where to connect the  PC/laptop comms cable
• Understand the wiring connections to the power supply module & power & field I/O  connections to I/O modules
• System & I/O LEDs
• Memory areas & battery backup
• Use of EPROM/EEPROMS
• Operational modes

Structure & Organisation of Allen Bradley PLC-5 programs

• I/O addressing
• Program files/routines & Data files
• Understand the different Data file types

Getting Started with RSLogix 5 software

• Running the RSLogix 5 software
• Opening an offline project
• Understand the purpose of RSLinx software
• Recognise the main display areas & toolbars
• Connecting a PC/Laptop
• Going on-line & accessing the live program code
• Interpreting screen highlights & status displays in ladder

Understanding Allen Bradley Program Code

• Relay replacement instructions
• Timer & Counter instructions
• Introduction to Data Handling, Comparators & Arithmetic
• Introduction to working with Analogs
• Introduction to working with Data files

Using RSLogix 5 software

• Know how to display on-screen program symbols & documentation
• Searching the program & moving between Program Files
• Generating & using Cross-Reference data
• Editing Timer & Counter presets
• Know how to access Help screens & online manuals

System Maintenance Procedures

• Know how to correctly interpret the status of the battery & how to safely replace if  necessary
• Quick look at Controller properties in RSLogix 5
• Replacement procedures for common hardware components including power supply,  digital & analog I/O modules, racks & I/O interface modules
• Know how to replace a suspect or failed CPU module & how to reload the program
• Know how to Upload & Download PLC-5 programs
• Know how to Save As... in order to Backup a program

Training outcomes

Allen Bradley PLC-5 Troubleshooting
The benefit of attending this further 3 day course is that delegates will be able to gain knowledge and practical experience of maintaining and troubleshooting Allen Bradley PLC-5 Control Systems.

Allen Bradley PLC-5 Networked Systems
The benefit of attending this further 3 day course is that delegates will be able to gain knowledge and practical experience of maintaining and troubleshooting Allen Bradley PLC-5 Control Systems that incorporate DH+, RIO, Ethernet, ControlNet, DeviceNet and DH485 networks.

Understanding Allen Bradley PLC-5 Programs
The benefit of attending this further 3 day course is that delegates will be able to make sense of and understand more complex (but typical) program code so that they are able to trace field I/O and both bit and word status through data structures and more powerful routines to troubleshoot beyond just the very
basic program code.

For more information or to make a booking please call (01604) 667584, or alternatively e-mail business_centre@festo.com.