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Skills for Automation Engineer in PLC and SCADA

Introduction

Skills for Automation Engineer in PLC and SCADA

Course Objectives

• Use STEP 7 Professional (TIA Portal) to create a new development project
• Navigate over an existing project using both the Portal View and the Project View
• Configure and build an S7-1500 PLC with local I/O modules
• Assign PLC tags
• Identify key characteristics of program blocks
• Identify and recognise important features of the automation languages LAD and FBD
• Create and manage WinCC Projects
• Integrate components between WinCC and TIA Portal
• Make WinCC tags in STEP 7 symbol table
• Establish communications with the PLC
• Design a complex graphic
• Configure internal and external tags
• Define & Administer User Security
• Set, check and test the WinCC Alarms and Messages
• Configure, archive and display Trends & Tables
• Configure, preview and print reports

Who Should Attend?

Certified Automation Engineer in PLC and SCADA training course would be suitable for:

• Programmers
• Commissioning engineers
• Configuring engineers
• Service personnel
• Maintenance personnel
• Service personnel
• Operators

Course Outline

MODULE 1:  Course Overview

• Course goals
• Course project overview
• Training equipment
• Create course project

MODULE 2:  Tag (Symbol) Table

• Create and use a Tag (symbol) table
• Create or assign PLC tags in hardware, code and tag table
• Local and Global tags

MODULE 3:  Program Principles

• Create or assign PLC tags in hardware, code and tag table. TIA Portal FC, FB programming Block Types
• Data blocks
• Organization blocks
• Process Image Inputs/Outputs, Memory
• Variable (watch) tables
• Write, download & test Ladder Boolean logic according to a project description
• Write, download, check and test Statement List (STL) digital and math logic according to a project description
• Acquire, scale and store analog values
• Create reusable code blocks and demonstrate parameter-passing skills
• Multi-instance Function blocks/data blocks
• Indirect addressing

MODULE 4: Troubleshooting Program Errors

• Cross-reference and locate addresses in the code
• Determine what addresses are available for use in the code
• Troubleshoot functional errors
• Troubleshoot stop errors
• Back-up, restore and download a project

MODULE 5: PLC Program Blocks and Variables in the Program Editor

• Blocks and Block Types
• The Program Editor
• The Information System (Help Files)

MODULE 6: I/O and Addressing

• Discrete I/O and S7-1500 PLC Modules
• Analog I/O and S7-1500 PLC Modules
• I/O Addressing Principles

MODULE 7: TIA Portal Automation Languages

• Ladder Diagram (LAD) language
• Contact and Assignment (Coils)
• Use Functions: AND, OR, and Exclusive OR (XOR)
• Function Block Diagram (FBD) language
• Use Functions: AND, OR Exclusive OR (XOR) & Negate
• Ladder Diagram (LAD)
• Function Block Diagram (FBD)
• Structured Control Language (SCL)

MODULE 8: SIMATIC WinCC (SCADA)

• Creating a SIMATIC WinCC Professional project
• Configuring and constructing the connection to the SIMATIC S7 automation system
• Structuring the operator interface
• Basics and Fundamentals of creating graphics displays for human machine interfaces
• Navigating through the plant displays
• User administration
• Message representation, message logging, message configuring
• Variable logging, trend configuring, and trend plotting
• Message representation containing logging of data in the database
• Recipes
• Re-usable faceplates & centralized modification of graphic blocks
• Global Scripting & Background processing

MODULE 9: Graphics Designer

• Tools & Features for creating a graphic
• Using Object, Styles & other palettes
• Use object properties and events
• Creating a Customized Object
• Using the Object Library

MODULE 10: Making Objects Dynamic

• Direct Connect Interface
• Dynamic Dialog Interface
• Object C/VBS Scripting
• Global Actions
• Script Threading Model

MODULE 11: Advanced Functionality – User Administration & Security

• Tag Prefix / Popup windows
• Creating Faceplates
• Groups & Users
• Log on & Log off
• OS Security

MODULE 12: Archiving & Trending – Archive Management

• Archive configuration
• WinCC Online Trend Control
• WinCC Online Table Control
• Configuring and organizing archive and backup management for Alarms and Trending