Allen Bradley PLC programming (Basic & Expert)

Identify PLC components: power supply, CPU to store and send data, connectivity module, and a flow sensor with a VLT for field readings and button-driven flow control using CBO.

Explore how distributed control systems differ from PLCs, covering input/output modules, CPU, power units, and multi location installations that use profibus for real-time data sharing and reduced wiring.

Explain what SCADA is and how it collects, stores, and displays plant data from sensors, enabling supervisors to read real values and reference past records.

Explore a scada dashboard for a nuclear power plant, showing real-time values, historical trends, alarms, and secure user access, with data from PLCs and field instruments.

Explore field instrumentation in industrial automation, featuring thermocouples, barcode sensors, heat and pressure sensors, flow, pneumatic and hydraulic systems, and how data feeds PLCs to control conveyors and tooling.

Connect RS Linx Classic to RS Logix 500 by configuring drivers, setting the IP address, and going online to download and later upload the file for programming.

Learn the main plc programming types, including ladder logic, functional block diagram (FBD), sequential function charts (SFC), and flowcharts, and when to apply each for long sequences and I/O tasks.

Master counters and timers in Allen Bradley PLC programming, learning how to count items on conveyors, manage batches, and trigger timed operations that feed into subsequent processes.

Explore the RS Logix 500 pneumatic work station program, including wiring, input/output configuration, and a push-button start controlling cylinder extension and retraction via limit switch timers.

Explore configuring rsx programs, wiring input and output terminals, and using a normally open push button to extend a cylinder and cycle its extend and retract positions.