The main aim of this course is to provide the participants with basic knowledge about Siemens PLC Programming, to create or to modify Step 7 PLC programs and to find PLC program faults.
Course Methodology
<p>The course is hands on with great emphasis on the practical aspects of Programmable Logic Controller applications. The course is based around Siemens S7-1500 range of PLCs using TIA Portal.</p>
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
The course objectives are to provide the participants with the knowledge and skills to enable them to work with Siemens S7 (1500 / 1200 controller series).
On completion of this course the participant will be able to do the following:
Understand the fundamentals of interaction of the TIA components
Solve simple programming tasks using elementary STEP 7 instructions
Reliably operate the "TIA Portal" engineering platform
Program simple plant functions with basic STEP 7 instructions predominantly in ladder diagram (LAD)
Perform simple commissioning of TIA components
Monitoring PLC software using Code or Variable Tables
Forcing Variables
Target Audience
Electrical and instrumentation technicians and engineers
Target Competencies
Oil & Gas
Food & Beverage
Cement
Chemical Industry
Mining
Fertilizers
Pharmaceutical Factories.
Water and Waste Water station
Customers who already have in their plants S7-1200 / 1500
Note
SIMATIC S7 knowledge
This course involves practical and hands-on training on real PLC stands.
Course Outline
Overview of the SIMATIC S7 system family
The components of the TIA Portal: STEP 7, WinCC
The basic structure of a SIMATIC S7-1500
Role of input and output modules
Presentation of programming languages LAD, FBD, STL programming in TIA Portal
Global variable categories, data types and addressing modes
Elementary logic instruction set
Numerical Instructions
Arithmetic Instructions
Program execution in automation systems
Hardware configuration and parameterization of the SIMATIC S7-1500 modules, a PROFINET IO system
STEP 7 block types and program structuring
Binary and digital operations based on TIA Portal
Programming of different block types FCs / FBs
Error organization blocks
Output diagnostic messages
Distributed Peripherals
Data management with data blocks
Programming organization blocks
Test tools for system information, troubleshooting and diagnostics
Using TIA PORTAL software for troubleshooting
Detecting and eliminating software errors, that lead to the CPU Stop state
Detecting and eliminating logical software errors
Saving and documenting program changes that were made
Program documentation and saving
Deeper understanding of contents through practical exercises on TIA system model