PLC Programming From Scratch - RSlogix 500 Training

Learn how to set up and configure a PLC project in RSLogix 500, including creating a new processor, selecting the controller type, and configuring IO and channels for emulation.

Explore RSLogix 500 data types, including program and data files, outputs and inputs, binary bits, timers, counters, and integer versus float representations, with practical examples.

Expand data types in RSLogix 500 by adding more elements to data files, adjusting timers, counters, integers, and floats, while understanding memory limits and offline edits.

Save the course file, open RSLogix Emulate 500 and Ares, verify the project, then configure RSLinks and the emulate driver to go online and run a test.

Learn how to set up RSLogix emulation for RSLogix 500, verify and save projects, configure emulate drivers, load files, select non-matching station numbers, and go online to program the emulator.

Explore RSLogix Emulate500 limitations in the free version, and learn offline editing workarounds, online vs offline edits, and how to test process status and clock signals.

Explore binary coded decimal in RSlogix 500, showing how 16 bits map to decimal values and how bits transmit data.

Learn to build and test timers and counters in RSLogix 500, configure timer bases and presets, and use done and enable bits to drive flashing, counting, and sequencing.

Add and control the flasher bit (bit zero) in RSLogix 500, offline, using an emulator; download the code, run the processor, and verify timer-based flashing.

Learn how to add ladders and link them with jump to subroutine (GSR/JSR) calls, verify offline, and understand RSLogix scan order from top to bottom left to right.

Download the provided ladder logic code, fix the timer and scanning issues, and correctly jump to subroutines to get the flashers, timers, and counter running again.

Master motor starter control in RSLogix 500 by building a system start latch with stop, using timers for start delays, and staggering multiple motor outputs during running.

Explore a deeper understanding of the jsr instruction in RSLogix 500, including gs r behavior, by learning how to test, toggle, and cross-reference bits, and verify offline edits.

Learn to control PLC scan flow with program controls, using a temporary end to suspend a routine and understand top-down scanning.

Learn to add a fault routine in RSLogix 500 PLC programming, implementing six motor fault checks with run and active bits, timers, and alarms.

Learn how fault seal in circuits uses a latch and reset button to enforce no active motor fault and require operator reset for a safe startup.

Learn to use a PLC processor's internal bits, especially the first scan bit, viewed in binary or structured data, to monitor start conditions and power interruptions.