Siemens S7 300-400 PLC First-Line Practical Skills

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5 days Ideally delegates should have a basic understanding of PLCs or have attended one of our Introductory or Multi-Skill courses & have some familiarity with Microsoft Windows. This course is for people with limited PLC knowledge & experience with no prior knowledge of Siemens S7-300/400 PLC systems.

Siemens S7-300/400 FLPS is a “less-technical” course which targets less confident maintenance personnel who have limited PLC knowledge & experience & covers First-line Siemens S7-300/400 Practical Skills. The course equips maintenance personnel with the essential basic knowledge & skills to connect a laptop, get on-line, search within a program, understand simple Ladder program code & be able to Compare, Back-up or Re-load a program. This course is different from the regular Level 1 as it skips over a lot of the sometimes confusing theory which, whilst important, confuses those less familiar with PLC concepts. The FLPS course avoids some of the more difficult-tograsp concepts which are again important but without which maintenance people can still be confident & undertake a range of useful & essential maintenance & troubleshooting duties.

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Understand common Siemens S7-300/400 Hardware Understand key physical diagnostic indicators Know how to connect a laptop – cables, connections & comm ports Know how to run STEP7 v.5.x software Know how to prove PC – PLC comms.

Know how to identify the correct backup programme on the laptop Know how to Retrieve a Project if required Know how to get on-line Know how to Compare a programme with a backup copy Know how to recognise & understand first-level S7-300/400 PLC Instruction Set Know how to monitor on-screen Ladder status & compare with field I/O conditions Know how to search & get around the programme Know how to backup the programme Know how to re-load the programme Know how to start to troubleshoot machine faults using the PLC Know how to use the Cross Reference function Know how to set up & view VAT tables as a monitoring tool Know how to access the Diagnostic Buffer Know how to use the Memory Reset function.

Know how to identify suspect or faulty modules & safely replace

Siemens S7 300-400 PLC First-Line Practical Skills

Siemens S7 300-400 PLC First-Line Practical Skills

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Introduction to Siemens S7-300/400 hardware Introduction to main hardware components Understand main external switches & diagnostic indicators Understand system, power & field I/O wiring connections Understand how the PLC responds to a power cycle or status mode change S7 Terminology & Structure of S7-300/400 programs Understand referencing for field I/O points & internal markers Know there are three main program display modes (LAD, FBD, STL) Introduce the main S7-300/400 program Block types that make up an S7 program Introduce simple single bit S7-300/400 Instructions & how they work Understand S7-300/400 Timer & Counter functions & how they work Running & Using STEP7 v5.5 software Know how to run STEP7 v5.5 software, get on-line Accessing simple program code & navigating the main block types Recognise & interpret basic screen highlights for simple LAD Contact & Coil Instructions Know how to relate screen status to the state of I/O LEDs & devices in the field Display of on-screen program documentation Know how to use program element Search & GoTo address tools System Maintenance Procedures Know how to Retrieve an S7-300/400 program Know how to re-load a program into an S7-300/400 PLC Know how to Compare a program running in the S7-300/400 with a back-up copy on disk Know how to Upload a program from an S7-300/400 PLC Diagnostic Tools & Troubleshooting Procedures Understand Hardware Configuration & implications when swapping failed modules Understand when to use the Memory Reset function & what it does Know how to use the Cross Reference tool to improve fault-finding Know how to set-up & use Variable Tables (VAT) to monitor multiple points Know how to access the Diagnostics Buffer to help diagnose faults

First-line Competency Checks (8) As an extra bonus for people attending the FLPS course, we are incorporating Proof of Competency Checks for the essential Key Practical Skills.

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Able to connect a laptop, open the backup Project & get on-line Able to monitor live program code & start to fault-find Able to use Search & Cross Reference tools to trace machine status Able to take a Back-up of the PLC program Able to Re-load the PLC program Able to Compare the program in the PLC with a back-up copy Able to use the basic diagnostic tools Able to remove & replace suspect or faulty PLC hardware