Course Title: Develop, enter and verify programs for programmable logic controllers using ladder instruction set
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2011
Course Code: EEET6790C
Course Title: Develop, enter and verify programs for programmable logic controllers using ladder instruction set
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6085 - Advanced Diploma of Electrical - Technology
Course Contact: Program Manager
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468
Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 60
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Nil
Course Description
This unit covers development, installation and testing of programs for programmable logic controllers (PLC) for a system requiring extended control functions. It encompasses working safely, applying knowledge of control systems, control system development methods, ladder logic control functions, using ladder instruction set, following written instructions and documenting program development and testing activities.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
UEENEED007B Develop, enter and verify programs for programmable logic controllers using ladder instruction set |
Element: |
Develop control system and enter and test program |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 OHS work completion risk control measures and procedures are followed. |
Element: |
Verify, document and report programming activities |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Established OHS risk control measures and procedures for carrying out the work are followed. |
Element: |
Prepare to develop, enter and verify program |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 OHS procedures for a given work area are identified, obtained and understood through established routines and procedures. |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Tutorial activities to consolidate Safety Engineering concepts, the theory of Fluid Power concepts, PLC operating principles and introduction to circuits designed for linear pneumatic actuators and asynchronous sequential machine control systems.
• Practical activities to develop skill in PLC basic programming, design basic logic control and construction of control circuits, test to verify the performance specification, diagnose and debug faults, verify the completion of the commission.
• Work performance simulation projects involving the design and construction PLC circuits, development of testing procedure to verify the performance specification, diagnosis of faults in the systems and repair the fault. Specifications will be provided with work simulation (team or individual basis) or may be negotiated to suit a workplace based application.
Projects may be undertaken as part of a team or individual basis.
It is expected that students would require a least 3 hours per week for independent study (in addition to scheduled sessions) to do project research, design, construction, testing and problem solving activities.
Teaching Schedule
Week | Topics Delivered | competency unit elements covered | Assessment |
1 | ccupational health and safety induction |
1.1,1.2,1.3 | in class activity: group discussion OH&S harzads, team work peer presentation |
2 |
PLC system components and arrangement
|
1.3,1.4, 1.5 | in class activity: Converting numbers exercises |
3 | Status LEDs CPU memory organisation Discrete field devices Pneumatic system components |
1.4, 1.5, 1.6 | assignment 1-10% |
4 | intrductory to CX-ONE programmer software Opening a project file, compiling and downloading the program to the PLC |
2.2, 2.3, 2.4, | |
5 | EC61131 programming languages(IL, ST, LD,SFC, and FB) |
3.1-3.4 | assignment 2. Two-cylinder pneumatic machine 10% |
6 | Understanding the CX project tree(Symbols table and program sections) PLC modes of operation (Program, Monitor, and Run modes) Lab 6. |
2.1-2.4 | in class activite: Creating variables in the symbols tables Monitoring CPU memory |
7 | Logic gates Introduction to Ladder Diagram Contacts and coils |
2.1-2.4 | in class activity: On-line program editing |
8 | Introduction to programming concepts CPU unit operation and cycle time Review the discrete I/O interface and /O addressing |
2.5-2.8 |
in class activity: Configuring the serial port and connecting to the PL Setting up the I/O table |
9 | Latching instruction Project 1. Simple motor control application 7 Decrementing timer instructions. On-delay, off-delay , and self-resetting implementations |
2.5-2.8 | |
10 | Decrementing and reversible counter instructions | 1.1,1.2,1.3 | |
11 | Mid-semester exam |
2.3-2.8 | individual, 20% |
12 | Controlling sequential processes State diagrams and flowcharts for program design State actions and state transitions Program development in Ladder Diagram |
2.2, 2.3, 2.4, | |
13 | Adding reset functions to the sequential program flow Adding timers to the sequential program flow |
2.5, 2.6 | Practical Project-PLC controlled Pneumatic System 30% |
14 | Adding automatic and manual mode to the sequential program flow | 2.7, 2.8 | |
15 | Adding counters to the sequential program flow | 3.2, 3.4, 3.5 | |
16 | Adding emergency stop to the sequential program flow |
3.1-3.6 2.4-2.8 |
final examination 30% |
17 /18 | centralised examination | N/A | individual study |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
OMRON e data DVD and reference be books |
Other Resources
Please refer to class information S:/C6085/EEET6790C PLC programming or contact your class teacher.
Overview of Assessment
This course may be assessed through a range of practical exercises, and progressive tests.
Assessment Tasks
This course may be assessed through a range of practical exercises, assignments and progressive tests.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment for this course consists of 2 assignments 20%
practical Projects is completed as scheduled. All specified control functions must be demonstrated. 30%
Mid-semester test 20%
Final exam. 30%
This course is graded using the following course grades-
CHD- Competent with High Distinction
CDI- Competent with Distinction
CC- Competent with Credit
CAG- Competency Achieved - Graded
NYC- Not Yet Competent
DNS- Did Not Submit for Assessment
Make sure you understand the special consideration policy available at -
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=qkssnx1c5r0y
Assessment Matrix
competency Unit | Course code | Practical project | Assignments | Test/examination |
UEENEED007B | EEET6790C |
30% Element 2 |
20% Element 1 |
50% Element 3 |
Other Information
Please contact your class teacher for further information
In this course, minimum student directed hours are 12 in addition to 48 scheduled teaching hours.
Student directed hours involve complete activities such as reading on-line resources, assignments, project work, individual student-teacher course-related consultation, writting assignments and project report.
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