Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements, performance criteria and range of conditions and include knowledge of: PLC introduction including: evolution of the programmable controller and applications relay control, static logic control and programmable control programmable controller block diagram (inputs and outputs) programmable controller advantages, symbols and functions numbering systems start-up procedures programming inputs and outputs operation of programmable controller inputs PLC operation: scan cycle basic programming types of PLC programs, including: ladder diagrams basic programming program modification ladder diagram development connecting the programmable controller programming timers, including: purpose of timers timer instructions on-delay and off-delay timer instruction programming timers retentive and non-retentive timers cascading timers the self-resetting timer monitoring timers circuit conversion programming counters, including: counter instructions retentive and non-retentive, up/down, programming, self-resetting and cascading counters circuit conversion program storage, including: PLC terms memory the programmable read only memory (PROM) pack printing ladder diagrams PLC input and output modules, including: purpose of modules analogue, dry contact, alternating current (a.c.) and direct current (d.c.) input modules relay, triac, transistor and analogue output modules PLC installation requirements, including: installation precautions safety systems mounting the PLC installation documentation routing signal and power cables earthing requirements master control, including: master control relay master control relay ladder diagram programming master control relays jump function, including: jump function jump function ladder diagram programming jump functions the shift register, including: purpose of registers the shift register shift register operation clock input shift register requirements programming shift registers the step sequencer, including: step sequencers step sequencer operation clock input step sequencer requirements programming step sequencer PLC diagnostics and fault finding, including: PLC fault finding controller status input/output (I/O) faults program faults relevant risk mitigation processes relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements relevant workplace documentation, including relevant industry standard documentation and regulations related to PLCs relevant workplace policies and procedures. |