The
course has been designed
to familiarise Electricians,
Technicians and Maintenance
Engineers with little
or no experience of S5
to the many different
aspects associated with
the operation and maintenance
of Siemens S5 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 S5 programmable controllers,
including the following
areas:
•
Locate and replace
faulty modules.
•
Reload programs.
•
I/O Fault finding.
•
Introduction to communications.
•
Implement changes
to the program.
•
Using the programmer
to connect online
and
monitor programs to
determine
plant
problems
Course
Content
•
The hardware
architecture of a S5 range
of controllers. •
I/O Modules
and wiring. •
Addresses used
in the S5 range of controllers.
• Data
Formats. • Data
blocks. • Program
structure, introduction
to blocks; OB's, PB's FB's
, SB's and DB's. •
Introduction
to LAD, CSF and STL programming
formats. • Introduction
to project settings and
file types ST.S5D etc.
• First
steps with the program.
• Loading
and save projects to the
PLC. • Online
monitoring and the cross-reference
XRF. • Programming
using LAD, CSF and STL.
• Editing
and modifying programs.
• Instruction
set. Relay, maths, move,
compare and logic functions.
• Using
and creating program documentation.
• Copying
and backing up folders.
• Introduction
to function blocks and their
uses. • Using
the assignment list.
• Advanced
functions. Load, transfer,
Maths and compares.
• Analogue
modules and analogue scaling.
• Concept
of ISTACK and BSTACK.
• Data
monitoring using the Status
Variable. • Forcing
facilities. •
Application
exercises on your plant
programs.
