The
course has been designed
to familiarise Maintenance
Engineers and Electricians
with the many different
aspects associated with
the operation and maintenance
of the Q Series controllers.
Where
possible, application
specific exercises, actual
drawings and programs
listings are used to allow
the students to gain the
greatest possible benefit
from the course.
Objectives
To
introduce students to
the concepts and operation
of Mitsubishi Q series
programmable controllers,
including the following
areas:
•
Locate and replace
faulty modules.
•
Reload programs.
•
I/O Fault finding.
•
Implement changes
to the program.
•
Using MEDOC, GPP WIN,
FX WIN, GX Developer,
or GX IEC Developer
to Connect
online and monitor
programs to determine
plant problems.
Course
Content
• The
hardware architecture of
the Q Series controllers.
• I/O
Modules and wiring.
• Hardware
configuration.
• Format
for a project for IEC or
standard Mitsubishi.
• Addresses
used in the Q series if
using Mitsubishi format.
• Tag
formats and data types if
using the IEC format.
• The
PLC Program structure.
• First
steps with the program.
• Creating
a Project.
• Loading
and save projects to the
PLC.
• Online
monitoring and searching.
• Using
and creating program documentation.
• Editing
and modifying programs.
• Instruction
set. Relay, maths, move,
compare and logic functions.
• Copying
and backing up project.
• Analogue
modules and analogue scaling.
• Introduction
to communications.
• Concept
of special devices.
• Forcing
facilities.
• Faulting
tables.
• Using
debug for device monitoring.
• Diagnosis
and resetting faults.
• Documentation
using the tag, device and
rung comments.
