DCS480: Yokogawa CENTUM VP Training Course

Audience: Maintenance technicians, electrical technicians and new hires joining an  automation department. 

Prerequisites: None. No prior PLC, Studio 5000 or industrial network experience is  required; a basic understanding of electricity and electrical diagrams is recommended. Course Material: PiControl certificate of completion. Software and equipment  requirements are confirmed for each group.

PLC470 is a five-day, in-person course that teaches technicians and new hires with no  prior PLC experience to configure, communicate with and program Allen-Bradley  controllers from Rockwell Automation. 

It starts from the most basic level — configuring a computer’s network settings — and  works step by step up to peer-to-peer communication between controllers. Along the  way it covers RSLinx for device discovery and diagnostics, and Studio 5000 Logix  Designer for project creation and ladder logic programming, from basic to advanced  instructions. 

Around that path sit the rest of the essentials: chassis, power supplies and I/O modules,  digital and analog wiring basics and electrical safety; setting up the PID control block;  building a real field program with safety permissives, produced and consumed tags,  MSG instructions, drives connected through Add-On Profiles and tags linked to a  FactoryTalk View HMI; and the backup habits and diagnostic tools that keep a running  system maintainable. 

At the end of this course, students will be able to: 

• Put a PC on the controller's network: Configure a static IP address, subnet mask  and gateway so a computer can communicate with a PLC on an EtherNet/IP  network, and verify the connection with ping and ipconfig. 
• Find and reach the controller: Use RSLinx Classic or FactoryTalk Linx to configure  drivers, discover devices with RSWho, set the communication path, and assign a  controller IP address with the BOOTP-DHCP Server tool.
• Set up a Studio 5000 project: Select the controller and firmware, create base and  alias tags, configure and address I/O modules, and go online to download, upload  and force I/O. 
• Program ladder logic, basic to advanced: Write logic with contacts, coils and seal in circuits, then timers, counters, sequencers, comparison, math, latch and one-shot  instructions, and set up the PID control block. 
• Share data between controllers: Configure peer-to-peer communication with  produced and consumed tags and explicit messaging through the MSG instruction. • Diagnose communication and I/O faults: Read status icons, controller faults,  module properties and trends to find the cause of common communication and  programming problems, and keep projects backed up and versioned.