Siemens Step 7 – PLC Intro. Diagnostics

Course Description

This course is designed to educate entry-level students to the role of PLCs in automation engineering and on how to troubleshoot and diagnose controls related problems by navigating and monitoring TIA Portal software. The topics covered include PLC Hardware components, Input/Output Devices, Digital vs Analog Signals, PLC I/O electrical schematics, Profinet networks, connecting to an Siemens S7-300 series PLC, navigating Step 7, and reading basic ladder logic programming.

Objectives & Outline

At the conclusion of this course students should be able to do the following:
Identify and monitor the hardware components of a PLC

State the role of a PLC
Identify and monitor the hardware components of a PLC
Distinguish between all types of Devices
Read a PLC I/O electrical schematic
Connect to a Siemens S7-300 through Profinet and Profibus
Identify physical devices which are connected to the PLC by deciphering I/O schematics and relating them to corresponding data points in the PLC’s tag database
Monitor tag values in PLC’s tag database and ladder
Read basic ladder logic
Uploading and saving a project file

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