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Course Selection Steps 1. Determine specific job tasks, such as; maintenance, troubleshooting, programming or design 2. Identify the course title most appropriate to the student 3. Review the pre-requisites, goals and profile to ensure the course meets your specific needs Course Path

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Totally Integrated Automation

SIMATIC S7 BASIC PLC Service Maintenance Course Duration: 5 days Training for Automation Service Personnel in a Simulated Factory Environment Target Audience: This course is for PLC users who install or maintain automation systems and their application programs. Prerequisites: Knowledge in MS Windows and Background in Automation Course Profile: This course will build skills on commissioning, troubleshooting and upgrading an automation system complete with HMI, PLC, drives and communications network. Students will learn to navigate and use the built-in diagnostic tools and perform basic program modifications. Profibus DP configuration and troubleshooting are included using remote I/O, a touch panel display and a drive system The course format is a combination of instruction and hands-on exercises. A realistic conveyor model is used for demonstrations and student exercises. Exercises allow students to practice tasks such as testing, debugging and using diagnostic tools Course Objectives: Identify the components and performance characteristics of a Programmable logic controller (PLC) Install a PLC system, including the communication cabling and wiring of I/O Use the multiple address types to edit, reload, structure and run a program Document, test, and troubleshoot the control system and its program Diagnose and fix hardware problems Utilize binary operations, timers, counters, comparators, and arithmetic operations for program modifications Integrate and troubleshoot an HMI and Drive system within the control system Configure and troubleshoot Profibus DP nodes Topics to discuss: Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Overview Installation and maintenance of a PLC Hardware Configuration Hardware Commissioning Block architecture and Program editors Symbols Binary operations Digital Operations Introduction to HMI and Profibus DP Rewiring Introduction to Drive Systems Program documenting, saving and archiving

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Totally Integrated Automation SIMATIC S7 ADVANCED PLC Service Maintenance Course Duration: 5 days ADVANCED Training for Automation Service Personnel in a Simulated Factory Environment

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Target Audience: This course is for advance PLC users with basic SIMATIC control system knowledge who install or maintain automation systems and their application programs. Prerequisites: SIMATIC S7 Basic PLC Service Maintenance Course Course Profile: This course continues skill development in troubleshooting and modifying a control system. Participants will use STEP7 software tools to build new features, diagnostics and communications into the application project. Program development using organization blocks, system functions and instruction libraries build software troubleshooting efficiency. Analog signal processing and alarming are included in this application. Configuration and integration of an HMI and drive system into the students application project builds experience managing a complete automated control system. The course format consists of instruction and hands-on exercises. Students will use test, debug and diagnostic tools to complete the commissioning, programming and system integration exercises. Objectives: Become familiar with ways to use different block types (FC, FB, OB, and DB). Become familiar with the principles of analog value processing. Eliminate software errors that lead to a CPU stop. Eliminate logical software errors, such as multiple assignments. Save and document program changes that have been made. Use the data block access functions. Access and use the processed analog values. Topics: Review on Hardware and Software Commissioning Data Storage in Blocks Functions and function blocks Organization Blocks Analog processing and programming Troubleshooting System information MPI Network Commissioning Tags and HMI Messages Drive System Commissioning

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Totally Integrated Automation SIMATIC S7 BASIC PLC Programming Course Duration: 5 Days Training courses for PLC users who are involved with developing or maintaining automation systems and their application programs Target Audience: This course is for PLC users who are involved with developing automation systems and their application programs. Prerequisites: Knowledge in MS Windows and Background in Automation Profile: The course is mainly directed at users with engineering tasks who would like to become familiar with PLC programming in a concise form. Beyond that, operating and monitoring, the basics of distributed peripherals and the handling of drives are introduced. The idea of Totally Integrated Automation will also be demonstrated. The participant will be able to structure and create simple PLC programs, making it possible to efficiently work with STEP 7 and thus reduce the engineering phase. The course provides an optimal entry level to the product-specific and in depth supplementary courses. Objectives: Identify the components and performance characteristics of a PLC Program using the multiple address types. Use symbolic addressing. Create, document, test and troubleshoot an application program. Use binary operation, timers, counters, comparators, and arithmetic operations. Structure a program that can use a program block multiple times. Use the data access functions. Program using the processed analog values. Generate data blocks. Set the interface and download a project to the touch panel Set basic parameters, monitor, and control the variable frequency drives Topics: Programmable Logic Controller Overview with SIMATIC S7 family Training Units and Addressing SIMATIC Programming software with SIMATIC Manager Configuring the Hardware Symbolic Addressing Block Architecture and Editor Binary Operations Digital Operations Introduction to Profibus DP and HMI Introduction to Variable Frequency Drives with Micromaster MM420 Storing Process Data in Data Blocks Functions and Functions Blocks Organization Blocks Analog Value Processing Troubleshooting and Debugging Functions

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Totally Integrated Automation SIMATIC S7 ADVANCED PLC Programming Course Duration: 5 Days ADVANCED training course for PLC users who are involved with developing or maintaining automation systems and their application programs Target Audience: This course is for Advanced PLC users with engineering experience in the design and configuration of automation systems and their application programs. The student must be able to understand advanced programming topics. Prerequisites: SIMATIC S7 Basic Programming Course Profile: The course is mainly directed at users with engineering tasks who would like to become familiar with the extended programming possibilities of the Programmable Logic Controllers. Beyond that, operating and monitoring, the basics of distributed peripherals and the data handling of drives are discussed. The idea of Totally Integrated Automation is demonstrated. After the course, the participant will be able to structure and create advanced PLC programs, making it possible to efficiently work with STEP 7 and thus reduce the engineering phase. All topics are illustrated through practical exercises on a system model, consisting of the S7-300 automation system, the ET200S distributed peripheral, the TP 170B touch panel, the MM420 drive and a conveyor model. Objectives: Implement Structured Programming in a given task Employ status bit-dependent commands, accumulator operations and extended floating-point arithmetic. Understand and apply functions and function blocks with reusability and multi-instantiation. Employ indirect addressing in a program. Develop a simple program for data communication between the PLC and the VFD Incorporate system functions (SFC) in a program. Use most important interrupt and error organization blocks Enter user messages in the diagnostic buffer Configure event and alarm messages and download it to the Touch Panel Topics: Training Units and Addressing Review of the Most Important Basics Methods for Program Design Jump Instructions and Accumulator Functions Functions and Functions Blocks Indirect Addressing Data Exchange PLC and Variable Frequency Drives Organization Blocks Analyzing PLC Diagnostic Data Messages in HMI Systems

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SIMATIC Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) WinCC Flexible Configuration Length: 5 Days Target Audience This course is for automated control engineers or maintenance staff who will be designing,configuring or maintaining a control system application configured with Siemens WinCC Flexible software . Prerequisites Background in PLC Profile This course provides a comprehensive review of the features and capabilities of Siemens WinCC Flexible software. Students will perform a complete system configuration including project configuration, graphics design and system integration. Students will also build skills with the user management tools including security, access, alarms and messaging. Advanced functionality such as recipe creation and scripting are briefly introduced through scenario applications. The course concludes with Siemens unique Sm@rt services for plant wide web and system access. Throughout this course lecture materials are complimented with hands-on exercises which build a working WinCC Flexible application. Objectives Upon completion of this course, the student shall be able to: Create and manage a WinCC Flex project. Integrate components between WinCC Flex and STEP 7. Create tags from the STEP7 symbol table. Design graphic screens and tools. Configure internal and external tags. Define & administer user security. Set and test the Alarms and Messages. Configure, archive and display trends. Understand basic recipe building. Understand basic scripting services. Understand Sm@rt Services. Topics 1. WinCC Flexible System Overview 2. The Project 3. Basic Graphics Design 4. Advanced Graphics Design 5. The Message System 6. User Management 7. Process Value Archiving 8. Recipe Management 9. Run-Time Scripting 10. Sm@rt Access and Service

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SIMATIC Human Machine Interface (HMI) WinCC (SCADA) Duration: 5 Days Training for programmers and service personnel who are involved in developing and maintaining automation systems using SIMATIC HMI WinCC

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Target Audience: This course is for PLC users with engineering or maintenance experience who will be designing and configuring automation systems and their application programs using Siemens Windows Control Center (WinCC). Prerequisites: PLC Programming Expertise Profile: Using a model application, this course provides a system overview of WinCC with emphasis on its capabilities and special features. Detailed configuration procedures will be studied in an order compatible with the typical development of an industrial application. Students will learn the correct development process beginning with creating a project and concluding with reporting and printing. Examples of programs that can be written to take advantage of WinCC open architecture are discussed. Throughout this course lecture materials are complimented with hands-on exercises which build a working WinCC application. Objectives: Create and manage WinCC Projects Integrate components between WinCC and Step 7 Create WinCC tags STEP 7 symbol table Establish communications with the PLC Design a complex graphic Configure internal and external tags Define & Administer User Security Set and test the WinCC Alarms and Messages Configure, archive and display Trends & Tables Configure, preview and print Reports Topics: WinCC System Overview WinCC Explorer Graphics Designer Making Objects Dynamic The Global Scripts Editor User Administration & Security Alarm-Logging / Messages Archiving & Trending Reports Designer

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