In a continuing progression of our PLC series, the student will be introduced to the different methods of networking. The session will introduce different networking methods including: Ethernet/IP, CompoNet and DeviceNet. The course will provide details on each network, reinforce the use of instructions in networks, and will offer hands-on activities utilizing software modules from the CX-One software suite.
Prerequisite: PLC 202

TOPICS:

• Configuring the “Rack” Controller: I/O table set-up
• Configuring Ethernet/IP Peer-to-peer communications
• CX-Integrator use for Routing Tables
• Network configurator for tag data links
• Interfacing to external devices: ASCII command strings
• Function Block programming
• Intro and overview
• Terms: Definitions, Instances, Parameters, and Variables
• (2) labs with serial interfacing
• (6) labs building custom function block
• Intro to Structured Text function block programming