This PLC, Telemetry & SCADA Technologies training course is designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of Technicians and Engineers with an industrial focus. It offers a hands-on experience using industry-standard PLCs in a simulated environment. Participants will start with the basics of PLC applications and progress to writing, debugging, and designing their own programs.
The Energy training course also covers radio and wire-based telemetry systems, crucial for understanding modern communication methods used in the field. These systems are essential for gaining a comprehensive understanding of their use not only with programmable controllers but also in any instrumentation/controller remote application.
Additionally, the course includes a study of modern SCADA technologies. Through practical experience with industrially compliant SCADA software, delegates will acquire updated and necessary skills for fast-paced industrial environments.
Key topics covered include:
- Overview and explanation of PLCs for control applications
- Hands-on experience with PLC programming, design, and debugging using industry-standard equipment in a simulated setting
- Exploration of radio telemetry methods, frequencies, applications, and limitations of each frequency band
- Case studies on designing a radio telemetry link
- Examination of common wire-based telemetry methods and protocols like RS232 and RS485
- Understanding SCADA systems, their structure, and application, along with a hands-on approach using industry-compliant SCADA software
The primary objectives of this PLC, Telemetry & SCADA Technologies training course are to:
- Provide a comprehensive understanding of the operation, architecture, and use of industry-standard PLCs for control applications.
- Use a hands-on approach to allow delegates to explore the operation of PLCs by designing, building, and testing typical programs in ladder programming language within a simulated environment.
- Help delegates gain familiarity and confidence with PLC, telemetry, and SCADA systems.
- Introduce the concepts of radio telemetry and provide knowledge about the application, limitations, and frequency bands used in telemetry systems.
- Offer an understanding of common wire-based communication protocols and their usage.
- Encourage knowledge sharing and experience exchange among delegates through interactive discussions to broaden everyone’s knowledge.
- Equip delegates with proficiency in using industry-compliant SCADA software packages.
- Build the confidence and knowledge necessary to apply the learned techniques and principles to address unfamiliar and specific challenges in the workplace
The Energy training course is delivered via a series of mixed activities that will at times involve delegate participation.
Theoretical content is delivered by informal lecture and discussion and supplemented where appropriate with tutorial sessions using worked examples.
An important part of the program is the hands-on aspect. Using industry compliant software and PLCs, approximately a third of the total time will be devoted to practical activities. Delegates will acquire the skills and confidence to investigate, debug and where necessary modify and/or design their own control systems employing a PLC.
By participating in this Energy course, delegates will return to their organizations with enhanced confidence in their understanding and application of PLC, Telemetry, and SCADA systems.
More specifically, they will:
- Acquire new skills and knowledge that will positively impact the company’s operations and performance.
- Be capable of evaluating the effectiveness and application of current in-house PLC/SCADA systems, providing guidance on potential modifications or improvements.
- Use their skills to help increase overall productivity and efficiency within plant operations by analyzing and optimizing existing systems.
- Be better prepared to advise on new system installations, offering informed recommendations on whether to use radio or wire-based telemetry systems.
- With their newfound understanding of PLC systems and their integration into SCADA environments using various digital communication standards and telemetry links, delegates will be able to provide valuable input to system designers, potentially reducing reliance on external agencies and vendors.
- Ultimately, they will contribute to cost reductions in plant and process operations, resulting in financial savings for the company.
Attending this Energy training course will provide delegates with personal and professional growth, boosting their expertise and confidence in the use of PLC, SCADA, and Telemetry systems.
Specifically, delegates will be able to:
- Return to their organizations with new skills and knowledge to understand, analyze, and optimize plant operations related to PLC and SCADA systems.
- Design, develop, download, and assess PLC programs written in standard programming languages to meet specified requirements.
- Gain proficiency in both basic and advanced PLC and SCADA programming techniques.
- Evaluate the appropriateness of a radio telemetry system by analyzing terrain and understanding the operating parameters of available frequency bands.
- Make well-informed decisions about data transmission from RTUs, based on a solid understanding of commonly used wire-based communication protocols such as RS232 and RS485.
- Increase their confidence in PLC-based systems and assess the suitability of new system designs, whether in PLC/SCADA or DCS configurations
This PLC, Telemetry & SCADA Technologies training course is suitable for and is designed to attract and be of benefit to a range of people who work in the Control and Instrumentation process and plant areas.
Typically, but not exclusively this Energy training course will be of benefit to:
- Electronic Engineers and Technicians
- Electrical Engineers and Technicians
- Control Engineers and Technicians
- Communication Engineers and Technicians
- IT and Software Engineers and Technicians
- Design Engineers
- Instrumentation Engineers and Technicians
- Electricians
- Instrument and Process Control Engineers and Technicians
- Mechanical Engineers and Technicians
- Operations Engineers
- Process Engineers and Technicians
- Production Professionals
- Project design Professionals
- System Integrators
- Other professions (Managers, Engineers, Technicians) involved in the Control and Process Industries who require a fuller understanding of that industry
Day One: Introduction to Control Strategies
- Continuous Control systems
- Sequential Control systems
- Relay based systems
Practical Session 1
- Relay based programming examples
Introduction to PLC Systems
- PLC v relay systems
- Programming formats
- Logical continuity
Practical Session 2
- Software familiarisation
- Introduction to industry standard PLC programming software
- Construction of test programme
Day Two: PLC Architecture
- System architecture
- Memory and I/O types
- Scanning algorithms
- Program Scan cycle
Radio Telemetry Systems
- Introduction
- Elements of a Radio Link
- The radio spectrum
- Frequency ranges
- System design considerations
Practical Session 3
- Serial transfer of Programs
- Design exercise 1
Day Three: PLC Programme Development
- Analysis of PLC programs
- Design methodology and development of PLC programs
- Timer method of program development
Practical Session 4
- Design exercise - Program design of Process Controller
Serial Data Communications
- Communication methods (Simplex, Half-Duplex, Full-Duplex)
- RS232 standard
- RS422 standard
- RS485 standard
Practical Session 5
- Sequence Controller and Application boards
Day Four: Analogue I/O and Processing
- Analogue inputs and outputs
- A/D and D/A conversion
- Programming analogue modules and advanced instructions
Introduction to SCADA
- System architecture
- Configuration and operation
Practical Session 6
- Introduction to industry standard SCADA software
- Design and development of a new SCADA project
Day Five: Practical Session 7, 8
- Design and development of a SCADA project (continued)
- Local Area Networks (LAN’s)
- Consolidation of Previous practical activities
