Practical Training Guides for Industrial Automation

  • Build practical skills in PLC programming including Studio 5000 and RSLogix 500 platforms.
  • Learn the skills for installing and troubleshooting Variable Frequency Drives, CNC controllers and industrial electronics.

Reviews:

"Studio 5000 Logix Designer" - "An excellent book presenting the fundamentals of the ControlLogix PLC platform.  This is a must-read for a technician or engineer working with ControlLogix PLCs."

Rich Raso, Control Technology International

 

"Practical Guides for the Industrial Technician" - "As an electrician tech, I've found Mr. Anderson's insight very helpful.  Its a tremendous asset to find someone who has had years of actual work experience to take the time to share those experiences.  I currently own three of his books;  "VFD Troubleshooting", the "RSLogix 500" series, and  "Studio 5000 Logix Designer"...   I appreciate his ability to make difficult and complex subjects understandable and applicable."

Dorne Soto,  Industrial Electronic Technician

 

Studio 5000 Logix Designer:  A Learning Guide for ControlLogix Basics

This book is a revision of my earlier book on RS Logix 5000 programming and concepts.  Additional areas covered include the creation and use of Add-On Instructions, User-Defined Data Types, the inclusion of Hands-On Exercises or labs, and improved illustrations and programming examples.  Once again,  I believe this book is important to anyone wanting  to achieve proficiency and mastery of the essential skills used in building and troubleshooting ControlLogix projects.

Illustrated Topics Included

  • Understanding Project Organization & Structure
  • Project Development
  • Relationship of Tasks, Programs and Routines
  • Configuration of Modules
  • Configuring RTS and RPI settings
  • Acquiring and installing Firmware revisions
  • Understanding "Scope" as it applies to tag-based addressing
  • Tag types, Data types, and User-defined data types
  • How and when to create "Alias" tags
  • Creating and Using "Producer" and "Consumer" tags
  • How to configure controllers to be a producer or consumer
  • Buffering or mapping I/O signals
  • Using Parameters to buffer I/O
  • Creating Add-On Instructions
  • Creating and using arrays
  • Fault-finding & Recovery
  • User-Defined Fault Routines

This book contains numerous examples of using Studio 5000 instructions relating to different topics.  It has been written specifically to help those of you who may be familiar with legacy PLC logic programming, but needing to gain greater proficiency in the use of Studio 5000 techniques and concepts.