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Course Descriptions

Advanced Troubleshooting with PLC-5s

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This forty-hour course provides experienced participants an opportunity to expand their troubleshooting skills with the more advanced and powerful features of PLC-5 software not covered in earlier courses. Extensive opportunities are provided for practice on PLC-5 simulators with complete PLC-5 software programs pre-loaded. (It is strongly recommended that the Customer provide their use own sample programs to make this course most effective.)

After this class, participants will be able to:

• Use the programming terminal to examine PLC-5 ladder logics/program to diagnose problems in a line or system
• Use the programming terminal to add or modify rungs of the program including documentation
• Troubleshoot the software program itself, using all instructions of the PLC-5 family of programmable controllers
• Utilize the diagnostic capabilities of the PLC-5 software to aid in troubleshooting

Program Specifications

Prerequisites

Introduction to PLC-5s; PLC-5 Communications; at least one week course on a specific Software

Length

40 hours

Class Size

Up to 8 (six simulators available)

Format

Classroom format with hands on simulators.

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