PLC and SCADA Technologies Training

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PLC and SCADA Technologies Training Course
Introduction:
This workshop is designed to equip engineers and technicians with a foundational understanding of PLC and SCADA systems, both in theory and practice. It explores the evolution of PLCs as intelligent replacements for relay panels and demonstrates how they can be integrated with modern communication architectures, including Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, to configure standalone control systems.
Throughout the workshop, participants will actively engage in learning activities such as exercises, questionnaires, and practical simulations using PC-based software like LogixPro. The content covers essential topics including basic ladder logic programming, hardware diagnostics, and the implementation of various communication strategies.
Additionally, participants will delve into the fundamental requirements of a safety PLC and explore different voting system architectures needed to meet diverse Safety Integrity Levels (SILs). By the end of the workshop, participants will have gained practical skills and knowledge to confidently work with PLC and SCADA systems in real-world scenarios.
Course Objectives:
- Describe the fundamental principles of the PLC
- Identify the basic components
- Write a ladder logic program
- Explain the basics of advanced programming according to IEC 61131-3
- Compare different methods of analog processing
- Apply common-sense installation practices
- Examine the different components of a SCADA system
- Describe the basic principles of serial communications
- Evaluate the requirements for PLC-to-SCADA communications
- Distinguish the specific requirements of the PLC in safety-related applications
Who Should Attend?
This workshop is specifically tailored for any personnel who are responsible for designing, selecting, sizing, specifying, installing, testing, operating, and maintaining programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and supervisory (SCADA) systems. This could include facilities, process, chemical, electrical, instrumentation, maintenance, and mechanical engineers and technicians.
Course Outlines:
- Introduction to control systems
- SCADA versus DCS
- PLC environmental enclosures
- Processing and scanning
- Digital processing
- Analog processing
- Installation practices
- Interference or noise reduction
- Cable spacing and routing
- Earthing and grounding
- Binary and hexadecimal numbering systems
- The IEC 61131-3 standard
- Ladder logic diagrams
- Functional block diagrams
- Derived function blocks
- Structured text
- Instruction lists
- Sequential function chart
- SCADA basics
- SCADA set-up and simulation
- System architecture
- Communication strategies
- Asynchronous transmission
- Coding • The RS 232 standard
- The RS 485 standard
- Modbus
- Safety PLCs
- Voting system architectures