Configuring and Changing Control Strategy (CD-ROM)

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NOTE: This product has been reproduced in CD-R format and requires a CD-ROM drive capable of reading CD-R formatted disks.

With each course, gain more knowledge of distributed processor systems for control. Brief overview showing the need for ability to change control strategies, and how the IEC 61131 configuration standard can help the user.

Benefits of Taking This Course
Easy control system configuration used to mean that each supplier had its own proprietary technique. Nevertheless, because of object oriented function blocks, more extensive use of good control strategies became practical for the average user. Ability to CHANGE control strategy is even more important as the original creation. More suppliers are beginning to employ techniques, which use two or more of the IEC61131 configuration languages. These multiple language constructs provide far more sophistication and flexibility. As they emerge within the newer systems, consistent methods between suppliers are actually beginning to occur.

In a very basic way you will be able to:

• Understand why few control loops in the past really ran on automatic
  
• Discover how the ability to reconfigure can lead to productivity
  
• Investigate the constructs of an existing configuration standard
  
• Learn the ways batch control differs from continuous
  
• Realize how the new control systems provide sophisticated ease for developing improved plant operating strategies.

• From programming to configuration
  
• Hardware to firmware (function blocks)
  
• Combining functions for power
  
• PID equations differ with each vendor
  
• Are controllers really running in automatic?
  
• Improve productivity through control strategies
  
• Batch vs. continuous
  
• Batch control functions
  
• Benefits of IEC61131 configuration standard
  
• Standard for 5 languages
  
• System model
  
• Implementing function blocks
  
• Derived function blocks
  
• Potential custom function blocks
  
• Ladder diagrams
  
• Sequential function charts
  
• Structured text
  
• Example – physical batch model implementation
  
• Example – procedural model implementation
  
• From recipe to batch
  
• IEC 61131-3 summary