IDSY 1220 Syllabus

Subject Code

IDSY

Course Number

1220

Course Title

Intermediate Industrial PLCs

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

Terms Offered

Offered Fall and Spring

Credit Hours

(1-9-5)

Course Description

This course provides for the hands-on development of operational skills in the maintenance and troubleshooting of industrial control systems and automated equipment. Topics include data manipulation, math instructions, an introduction to HMI, analog control, and troubleshooting discrete IO devices.

Course Outcomes

Industrial Safety
Order           Description
    1               Perform Wear approved PPE (Shoes, eye wear, hard hats).
    2               Perform Mount a lock-out tag for use with a padlock.

Data Manipulation
Order           Description
    1               Discuss the data file types for PLC's.
    2               Discuss the procedure for Word level addressing.
    3            Discuss and program the following instructions: greater than, less than, equal to, greater than or
                  equal, less than or equal, limit test.
    4               Discuss and program a move and masked move instruction.

Math Instructions
Order           Description
    1               Discuss and program add, subtract, multiply, divide.
    2               Discuss and program a compute instruction.
    3               Discuss and program conversion instructions for binary to decimal or decimal to binary.

Program Control Instructions
Order            Description
    1               Discuss and program a master control reset instruction.
    2               Discuss and program jump and label instructions.
    3               Discuss and program a temporary end instruction.
    4               Discuss and program a jump to subroutine instruction.

Introduction to HMI
Order           Description
    1               Discuss and demonstrate the use of HMI devices in industry.
    2               Discuss and demonstrate the configuration of HMI devices.
    3               Discuss the use of alias and tag references.
    4               Program and execute an HMI for control of discrete I/O.
    5               Discuss and demonstrate animation capabilities of HMI's.

Analog Control
Order           Description
    1               Discuss the difference between digital and analog signals.
    2               Discuss the types of analog signals: 4-20mA, 0-10v.
    3               Discuss the types of analog inputs.
    4               Discuss the types of analog outputs.
    5               Discuss and program a scaling operation.

Troubleshooting Discrete IO Devices
Order           Description
    1              Discuss and demonstrate the techniques for troubleshooting automated processes using PLC's.
    2               Troubleshoot an automated process using the PLC interface.