Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Engineering
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Tutorial
Workshop
Module Offerings
6104MSE-SEP-PAR
Aims
1. To develop understanding of structured programming applied to industrial controls systems to enable the student to assess a control problem and create a program solution to that problem;
2. To introduce elements of control hardware, provide an understanding of the hardware operations, and to enable the student to assess a problem and choose appropriate hardware combinations;
3. To provide the student with the knowledge and methods required to analyse and troubleshoot hardware and software in a control system, to isolate problems, and provide solutions.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Evaluate a control problem and determine an appropriate structured solution
2.
Appraise a control problem and select appropriate hardware combinations
3.
Determine problems in a control system and develop a solution
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Block call and the multi-instance model applied to structured programming; Use and application of complex data types and variables; Indirect addressing and address register instructions; Block cells and parameter passing; Handling of synchronous and asynchronous errors; Using recipes.
Inter device communications; Data communication with industrial Ethernet; Introduction to the PROFINET I/O system;
Introduction to totally integrated automation (controllers, CPU’s, modules, tools and software packages); Configuration of CPU hardware and running diagnostics; Symbolic addressing.
Principles and application of structured programming; Application of binary operations; Application of extended digital operations; Troubleshooting and debugging functions to analyse controller problems.
Introduction to the G120 and controlling of variable speed drives; Storing process data; Application and use of functions and function blocks; Application and use of organisational blocks; Processing of analogue inputs and values
Methods for program design; Application of multi-instance control instructions; Implementing data exchange between controllers; Analysing diagnostic data for fault finding.
Additional Information:The course combines Siemens Total Integrated Automation (TIA) units: TIA-PRO1 (5 days), TIAPRO2 (5 days), TIA-PRO3 (5 days) and CPT-FAP (3 days)). These take the student from fundamental to advanced programmer level. Students should assess their basic knowledge of automation technology by taking an on-line test (Test TIA-PRO1) and achieve more than 70% before enrolling on the course.