PLC Systems Level 1 MicroLogix/SLC500

This 36-hour course provides participants with practical skills to service and troubleshoot systems using Allen-Bradley MicroLogix and SLC500 Programmable Logic Controllers.

Instructional topics:

• Evolution of PLCs
• PLC Components and assembly
• Understanding Inputs and Outputs.
• The CPU
• Memory Organization
• I/O Addressing
• Using RSLinx Classic Software
• Using Studio 500 Software
• Understanding the Ladder Instructions
• Documentation
• Control Schemes
• Troubleshooting

Lab Exercises:

• Connecting to PLC, Uploading and Downloading programs
• Creating and Installing a PLC Project File
• Program Documentation
• Using Basic Instructions
• Using Timer and Counter Instructions
• Using File Move and Compare Instructions 
• Using Math Instructions
• Using Remote I/O and HMI
• Build and Troubleshoot an Electronic Drive Control Process
• Build and Troubleshoot and Flow/Level Control Process

*Applied Industrial Electricity training or equivalent skills required for this class*