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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Control Systems in Engineering

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 352-0556/01
Abbreviation ŘSvS
Course title Control Systems in Engineering
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Control Systems and Instrumentation
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Miroslav Mahdal, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Subject introduction, presentation of the contents of lectures and laboratory exercises for PLC Siemens Simatic S7-1500 programming.
2. Programmable controllers in technological process control - a description of the PLC, hardware configuration, circuit diagram, modularity, usage, control structure.
3. Example of the control system of the enterprise (relay, PLC, SCADA, ERP, MES), using PLC, PLCs category, distributed control systems.
4. Introduction to the TIA Portal environment, setting PLC, communication, demonstration of basic functional program.
5. Programming languages, addressing variables, logic functions, basic operations, program execution, counters, timers, arithmetic functions, transfer functions.
6. Block functions, examples of function calls, program examples.
7. PLC peripherals, analog and digital signals, AD and DA converters, principles, analog signal processing, analog modules in a feedback loop usage.
8. PLC peripherals, network configuration, digital communication protocols.
9. Connection PLC to the real device (the learning laboratory model), a description of the laboratory model, its inputs, outputs, a description of model tasks, description of connectors.
10. Sequential programming of PLC via function calls and data blocks, functional algorithms, graphical form sequential programming.
11. Sensors connecting to the PLC, a description of the measuring chain, standard input signals, signal types, their advantages and disadvantages, signal conditioning in the PLC, the software select of the input signal range of PLC.
12. PLC communication with SCADA visualization systems, description of visualization environment, hardware and software tools for communication support, drivers, OPC, DDE servers, communication protocols, industrial networks, wireless communication.
13. Familiarization with the WinCC environment and HMI touch panel TP700 Comfort, basic connectivity panel to the PLC, demonstration of visualization.
14. Recap of lectures and exercises, discussion with students, to clarification of problematic areas of teaching.

Literature

Collins, K. 2006. PLC Programming for Industrial Automation. Exposure Publishing, 120 p. ISBN: 978-1-84685-496-5 .
Rohner, P. 1996. Automation with Programmable Logic Controllers. UNSW Press, 226 p. ISBN: 978-0-86840-287-1 .
Simatic STEP 7 Basic V12.0 System Manual [online]. 2019 [cit. 2019-09-03]. Available from: https://cache.automation.siemens.com/dnl/DA/DAxMjk1NwAA_68113678_HB/STEP_7_Basic_V12_enUS_en-US.pdf.
Simatic S7-1500, Getting Started [online]. 2019 [cit. 2019-09-03]. Available from:
https://www.automation.siemens.com/salesmaterial-as/interactive-manuals/getting-started_simatic-s7-1500/documents/EN/software_complete_en.pdf.
Getting started with S7-PLCSIM Advanced and simulation tables [online]. 2019 [cit. 2019-09-02]. Available from: https://cache.industry.siemens.com/dl/files/047/109759047/att_962042/v3/109759047_PLCSIMAdv_SimTable_DOC_V10_en.pdf.

Advised literature

Bolton, W. 2009. Programmable Logic Controllers. Elsevier, 416 p. ISBN: 978-1-85617-751-1 .