Allen-Bradley RSLogix 500

Name: Allen-Bradley RSLogix 500
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Programming the SLC 500 and Micrologix families of Allen-Bradley PLCs.

Created byFrank Lamb

Last updated 8/2020

English

What you'll learn

How to program PLCs using Allen-Bradley's RSLogix 500 software
How to use simulations in PLC programming
How to export, modify and re-import the symbol and description database

Course content

4 sections • 20 lectures • 3h 28m total length

How to Use these Videos4:40
This video discusses the two different types of videos contained in this course; condensed and "free flowing" videos.

Platform Overview4:23
Understand the products that make up the Allen-Bradley PLC platform and specifically the Logix 500 family.
Starting a Project8:56
Start an RSLogix 500 project and learn to navigate the software menus.
I/O Configuration and Data Files7:29
Understand the file structure and data addressing in the RSLogix 500 platform
Communications and RSLinx12:12
Set up communications using the RSLinx software drivers. Identify when to use serial communications and the different ethernet driver types.
Routines and Scanning9:52
Learn the five different IEC languages available for programming PLCs, and which apply to the RSLogix 500 platform. Create routines and data files in the offline program and learn how to call them.
Module 1 Quiz

Discrete Bit Logic7:43
Learn how to program discrete bit logic using normally open and normally closed contacts, one-shots, latches and hold-in circuits.
Addresses and Editing11:33
Timers10:58
Learn to add and use the three different types of RSLogix 500 timers.
Counters10:20
Data Movement and Comparisons9:59
Learn to move different types of data, more on data registers. Use comparisons to manipulate data. Learn the use of masks.
Math Functions10:07
Learn to use math instructions to modify integer and floating point data. Scale I/O data into user friendly units. Learn what Trigonometric Functions and Advanced Math Functions can be used for.
Module 2 Quiz

Odyssey 1: Starting and Configuring10:13
Starting a new RSLogix 500 project, sizing files, adding ladders (routines), configuring I/O, naming the processor, and saving.
Odyssey 2: The trainer, modifying the platform and hardware, exporting symbols13:38
Changing the processor platform, where to get free RSLogix 500 software, the wiring of the PLC trainer. Modifying the symbols and descriptions. The purpose of symbols and descriptions. Exporting the symbol table.
Odyssey 3: Connecting and Online Editing13:20
Connecting to the PLC, configuring RSLinx, downloading, and setting up ethernet. Online vs. offline editing.
Odyssey 4: Importing modified symbols and the System Routine15:16
Importing a modified symbol database, building Auto/Manual and Autocycle modes in the System routine. Testing System functions.
Odyssey 5: Simulation beginning13:14
This module begins the building of a simulation routine, which feeds back into the other routines making them appear to operate as if they had real I/O.
Odyssey 6: Simulation Logic13:55
This video introduces HMI simulation and tests the Manual simulations
Odyssey 7: Auto Sequence10:59
This video tests the Auto Sequence and runs several simulated parts.
Odyssey 8: Faults9:31
This video illustrates the effects of Faults on the auto sequence.

Requirements

Basic computer skills
General knowledge of electricity

Description

This course teaches the student to program the Allen-Bradley SLC 500 and Micrologix brands of PLC. It covers the theory behind processor operation, file structure and addressing, communications and software drivers using RSLinx, and contains several practical software examples. A complete program is configured and written using different subroutines for each function. It includes descriptions of the IEC 61131-3 specification for PLC languages and covers many of the mnemonic shortcuts for entering logic.

Various examples are given both offline and online editing, including some useful pieces of code such as a runtime totalizer using timers and counters, and scaling an analog value. Using math functions to convert temperature is also demonstrated.

A series of videos covering the programming of an actual system are included after the basic instruction set is presented. This includes writing a simulation routine that interacts with the main program.

Who this course is for:

Industrial maintenance technicians
Plant engineers

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RSLogix 500 Instructions and Programming6 lectures • 1hr 1min

The RSLogix 500 Micrologix Odyssey Project8 lectures • 1hr 40min

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