1.   Legacy Control System:

         History & Background of Control Systems.

Ø   DCS (Distributed Control Systems).

Ø   PLCs Developmental Background.

Ø   Other Control Systems.

Ø   How SCADA Evolved?

Ø   What PAC (Programmable Automation Control) concept is?

Ø   The hierarchy of Distributed Control System.

2.   Components of DCS:

Ø  Overview of Components of DCS.

Ø  Analog & Digital I/O Field Devices.

Ø  RTU’s.

Ø  MTU’s.

Ø  Communication Mediums & their types.

3.   Working with PLC:

         History & Background of PLC.

Ø   Rack Relay Structures.

Ø   PLC Developmental Stages.

Ø   PLC Wirings Mechanism.

·                  Sinking.

·                  Sourcing.

·                  DC inputs.

·                  AC inputs.

·                  Relay output.

Ø   Guts inside PLC.

Ø   Response time.

Ø   PLC Boolean functions.

         Components of PLC.

Ø   Rack/Chassis or Mounting.

Ø   Power Supply.

Ø   Processor or Central Processing Unit (CPU).

Ø   Memory.

Ø   Input/ Output assembly.

Ø   Programming unit, device, or PC/software.

         PLC Selection Parameters.

Ø   Number & Type of logical inputs or outputs.

Ø   Memory.

Ø   PLC Scan time.

Ø   PLC communication medium type.

Ø   Programming Language Software.

Ø   Typical parameters for CPU.

         PLC Programming using GCL.

Ø   GCL Rules.

Ø   Cascade Logic.

Ø   Modules form.

Ø   Feed-Back Logic.

         PLC Programming using Ladder Logic.

Ø   PLC Logic operations.

Ø   Ladder Logic Scanning Sequence.

Ø   Ladder logic basic Instructions.

·                   Load/Normally open Contact.

·                  Load bar/Normally closed Contact.

·                  Output/Coil.

·                  Out-Bar/Normally closed Coil.

·                  Set/Latch Instructions.

·                  Reset/Unlatch Instructions.

·                  One Short Rising (OSR).

Ø   Implementation of Counters.

·                  Counter UP (CTU/CU)

·                  Counter Down (CTD/CD)

Ø   Implementation of Timers.

·                  On-Delay timer/Timer On.

·                  Off-Delay timer/Timer OFF.

Ø   Hardware & Software Counters & Timers.

Ø   High Speed Counters & Timers.

Ø   Comparators.

·                  Compare up.

·                   Compare down.

·                  Compare equal.

         PLC Programming Exercises.

Ø   PLC Programming Exercise 1.

Ø   PLC Programming Exercise 2.

Ø   PLC Programming Exercise 3.

Ø   PLC Programming Exercise 4.

* 10% Discount for students and groups of two or more

Duration        =         40 Hours