- •1.1 TODO LIST
- •2. PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS
- •2.1 INTRODUCTION
- •2.1.1 Ladder Logic
- •2.1.2 Programming
- •2.1.3 PLC Connections
- •2.1.4 Ladder Logic Inputs
- •2.1.5 Ladder Logic Outputs
- •2.2 A CASE STUDY
- •2.3 SUMMARY
- •2.4 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •2.5 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •2.6 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •3. PLC HARDWARE
- •3.1 INTRODUCTION
- •3.2 INPUTS AND OUTPUTS
- •3.2.1 Inputs
- •3.2.2 Output Modules
- •3.3 RELAYS
- •3.4 A CASE STUDY
- •3.5 ELECTRICAL WIRING DIAGRAMS
- •3.5.1 JIC Wiring Symbols
- •3.6 SUMMARY
- •3.7 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •3.8 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •3.9 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •4. LOGICAL SENSORS
- •4.1 INTRODUCTION
- •4.2 SENSOR WIRING
- •4.2.1 Switches
- •4.2.2 Transistor Transistor Logic (TTL)
- •4.2.3 Sinking/Sourcing
- •4.2.4 Solid State Relays
- •4.3 PRESENCE DETECTION
- •4.3.1 Contact Switches
- •4.3.2 Reed Switches
- •4.3.3 Optical (Photoelectric) Sensors
- •4.3.4 Capacitive Sensors
- •4.3.5 Inductive Sensors
- •4.3.6 Ultrasonic
- •4.3.7 Hall Effect
- •4.3.8 Fluid Flow
- •4.4 SUMMARY
- •4.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •4.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •4.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •5. LOGICAL ACTUATORS
- •5.1 INTRODUCTION
- •5.2 SOLENOIDS
- •5.3 VALVES
- •5.4 CYLINDERS
- •5.5 HYDRAULICS
- •5.6 PNEUMATICS
- •5.7 MOTORS
- •5.8 COMPUTERS
- •5.9 OTHERS
- •5.10 SUMMARY
- •5.11 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •5.12 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •5.13 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •6. BOOLEAN LOGIC DESIGN
- •6.1 INTRODUCTION
- •6.2 BOOLEAN ALGEBRA
- •6.3 LOGIC DESIGN
- •6.3.1 Boolean Algebra Techniques
- •6.4 COMMON LOGIC FORMS
- •6.4.1 Complex Gate Forms
- •6.4.2 Multiplexers
- •6.5 SIMPLE DESIGN CASES
- •6.5.1 Basic Logic Functions
- •6.5.2 Car Safety System
- •6.5.3 Motor Forward/Reverse
- •6.5.4 A Burglar Alarm
- •6.6 SUMMARY
- •6.7 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •6.8 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •6.9 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •7. KARNAUGH MAPS
- •7.1 INTRODUCTION
- •7.2 SUMMARY
- •7.3 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •7.4 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •7.5 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •8. PLC OPERATION
- •8.1 INTRODUCTION
- •8.2 OPERATION SEQUENCE
- •8.2.1 The Input and Output Scans
- •8.2.2 The Logic Scan
- •8.3 PLC STATUS
- •8.4 MEMORY TYPES
- •8.5 SOFTWARE BASED PLCS
- •8.6 SUMMARY
- •8.7 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •8.8 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •8.9 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •9. LATCHES, TIMERS, COUNTERS AND MORE
- •9.1 INTRODUCTION
- •9.2 LATCHES
- •9.3 TIMERS
- •9.4 COUNTERS
- •9.5 MASTER CONTROL RELAYS (MCRs)
- •9.6 INTERNAL RELAYS
- •9.7 DESIGN CASES
- •9.7.1 Basic Counters And Timers
- •9.7.2 More Timers And Counters
- •9.7.3 Deadman Switch
- •9.7.4 Conveyor
- •9.7.5 Accept/Reject Sorting
- •9.7.6 Shear Press
- •9.8 SUMMARY
- •9.9 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •9.10 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •9.11 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •10. STRUCTURED LOGIC DESIGN
- •10.1 INTRODUCTION
- •10.2 PROCESS SEQUENCE BITS
- •10.3 TIMING DIAGRAMS
- •10.4 DESIGN CASES
- •10.5 SUMMARY
- •10.6 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •10.7 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •10.8 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •11. FLOWCHART BASED DESIGN
- •11.1 INTRODUCTION
- •11.2 BLOCK LOGIC
- •11.3 SEQUENCE BITS
- •11.4 SUMMARY
- •11.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •11.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •11.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •12. STATE BASED DESIGN
- •12.1 INTRODUCTION
- •12.1.1 State Diagram Example
- •12.1.2 Conversion to Ladder Logic
- •12.1.2.1 - Block Logic Conversion
- •12.1.2.2 - State Equations
- •12.1.2.3 - State-Transition Equations
- •12.2 SUMMARY
- •12.3 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •12.4 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •12.5 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •13. NUMBERS AND DATA
- •13.1 INTRODUCTION
- •13.2 NUMERICAL VALUES
- •13.2.1 Binary
- •13.2.1.1 - Boolean Operations
- •13.2.1.2 - Binary Mathematics
- •13.2.2 Other Base Number Systems
- •13.2.3 BCD (Binary Coded Decimal)
- •13.3 DATA CHARACTERIZATION
- •13.3.1 ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
- •13.3.2 Parity
- •13.3.3 Checksums
- •13.3.4 Gray Code
- •13.4 SUMMARY
- •13.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •13.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •13.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •14. PLC MEMORY
- •14.1 INTRODUCTION
- •14.2 MEMORY ADDRESSES
- •14.3 PROGRAM FILES
- •14.4 DATA FILES
- •14.4.1 User Bit Memory
- •14.4.2 Timer Counter Memory
- •14.4.3 PLC Status Bits (for PLC-5s and Micrologix)
- •14.4.4 User Function Control Memory
- •14.4.5 Integer Memory
- •14.4.6 Floating Point Memory
- •14.5 SUMMARY
- •14.6 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •14.7 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •14.8 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •15. LADDER LOGIC FUNCTIONS
- •15.1 INTRODUCTION
- •15.2 DATA HANDLING
- •15.2.1 Move Functions
- •15.2.2 Mathematical Functions
- •15.2.3 Conversions
- •15.2.4 Array Data Functions
- •15.2.4.1 - Statistics
- •15.2.4.2 - Block Operations
- •15.3 LOGICAL FUNCTIONS
- •15.3.1 Comparison of Values
- •15.3.2 Boolean Functions
- •15.4 DESIGN CASES
- •15.4.1 Simple Calculation
- •15.4.2 For-Next
- •15.4.3 Series Calculation
- •15.4.4 Flashing Lights
- •15.5 SUMMARY
- •15.6 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •15.7 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •15.8 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •16. ADVANCED LADDER LOGIC FUNCTIONS
- •16.1 INTRODUCTION
- •16.2 LIST FUNCTIONS
- •16.2.1 Shift Registers
- •16.2.2 Stacks
- •16.2.3 Sequencers
- •16.3 PROGRAM CONTROL
- •16.3.1 Branching and Looping
- •16.3.2 Fault Detection and Interrupts
- •16.4 INPUT AND OUTPUT FUNCTIONS
- •16.4.1 Immediate I/O Instructions
- •16.4.2 Block Transfer Functions
- •16.5 DESIGN TECHNIQUES
- •16.5.1 State Diagrams
- •16.6 DESIGN CASES
- •16.6.1 If-Then
- •16.6.2 Traffic Light
- •16.7 SUMMARY
- •16.8 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •16.9 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •16.10 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •17. OPEN CONTROLLERS
- •17.1 INTRODUCTION
- •17.3 OPEN ARCHITECTURE CONTROLLERS
- •17.4 SUMMARY
- •17.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •17.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •17.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •18. INSTRUCTION LIST PROGRAMMING
- •18.1 INTRODUCTION
- •18.2 THE IEC 61131 VERSION
- •18.3 THE ALLEN-BRADLEY VERSION
- •18.4 SUMMARY
- •18.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •18.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •18.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •19. STRUCTURED TEXT PROGRAMMING
- •19.1 INTRODUCTION
- •19.2 THE LANGUAGE
- •19.3 SUMMARY
- •19.4 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •19.5 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •19.6 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •20. SEQUENTIAL FUNCTION CHARTS
- •20.1 INTRODUCTION
- •20.2 A COMPARISON OF METHODS
- •20.3 SUMMARY
- •20.4 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •20.5 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •20.6 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •21. FUNCTION BLOCK PROGRAMMING
- •21.1 INTRODUCTION
- •21.2 CREATING FUNCTION BLOCKS
- •21.3 DESIGN CASE
- •21.4 SUMMARY
- •21.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •21.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •21.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •22. ANALOG INPUTS AND OUTPUTS
- •22.1 INTRODUCTION
- •22.2 ANALOG INPUTS
- •22.2.1 Analog Inputs With a PLC
- •22.3 ANALOG OUTPUTS
- •22.3.1 Analog Outputs With A PLC
- •22.3.2 Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Outputs
- •22.3.3 Shielding
- •22.4 DESIGN CASES
- •22.4.1 Process Monitor
- •22.5 SUMMARY
- •22.6 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •22.7 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •22.8 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •23. CONTINUOUS SENSORS
- •23.1 INTRODUCTION
- •23.2 INDUSTRIAL SENSORS
- •23.2.1 Angular Displacement
- •23.2.1.1 - Potentiometers
- •23.2.2 Encoders
- •23.2.2.1 - Tachometers
- •23.2.3 Linear Position
- •23.2.3.1 - Potentiometers
- •23.2.3.2 - Linear Variable Differential Transformers (LVDT)
- •23.2.3.3 - Moire Fringes
- •23.2.3.4 - Accelerometers
- •23.2.4 Forces and Moments
- •23.2.4.1 - Strain Gages
- •23.2.4.2 - Piezoelectric
- •23.2.5 Liquids and Gases
- •23.2.5.1 - Pressure
- •23.2.5.2 - Venturi Valves
- •23.2.5.3 - Coriolis Flow Meter
- •23.2.5.4 - Magnetic Flow Meter
- •23.2.5.5 - Ultrasonic Flow Meter
- •23.2.5.6 - Vortex Flow Meter
- •23.2.5.7 - Positive Displacement Meters
- •23.2.5.8 - Pitot Tubes
- •23.2.6 Temperature
- •23.2.6.1 - Resistive Temperature Detectors (RTDs)
- •23.2.6.2 - Thermocouples
- •23.2.6.3 - Thermistors
- •23.2.6.4 - Other Sensors
- •23.2.7 Light
- •23.2.7.1 - Light Dependant Resistors (LDR)
- •23.2.8 Chemical
- •23.2.8.2 - Conductivity
- •23.2.9 Others
- •23.3 INPUT ISSUES
- •23.4 SENSOR GLOSSARY
- •23.5 SUMMARY
- •23.6 REFERENCES
- •23.7 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •23.8 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •23.9 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •24. CONTINUOUS ACTUATORS
- •24.1 INTRODUCTION
- •24.2 ELECTRIC MOTORS
- •24.2.1 Basic Brushed DC Motors
- •24.2.2 AC Motors
- •24.2.3 Brushless DC Motors
- •24.2.4 Stepper Motors
- •24.2.5 Wound Field Motors
- •24.3 HYDRAULICS
- •24.4 OTHER SYSTEMS
- •24.5 SUMMARY
- •24.6 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •24.7 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •24.8 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •25. CONTINUOUS CONTROL
- •25.1 INTRODUCTION
- •25.2 CONTROL OF LOGICAL ACTUATOR SYSTEMS
- •25.3 CONTROL OF CONTINUOUS ACTUATOR SYSTEMS
- •25.3.1 Block Diagrams
- •25.3.2 Feedback Control Systems
- •25.3.3 Proportional Controllers
- •25.3.4 PID Control Systems
- •25.4 DESIGN CASES
- •25.4.1 Oven Temperature Control
- •25.4.2 Water Tank Level Control
- •25.5 SUMMARY
- •25.6 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •25.7 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •25.8 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •26. FUZZY LOGIC
- •26.1 INTRODUCTION
- •26.2 COMMERCIAL CONTROLLERS
- •26.3 REFERENCES
- •26.4 SUMMARY
- •26.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •26.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •26.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •27. SERIAL COMMUNICATION
- •27.1 INTRODUCTION
- •27.2 SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS
- •27.2.1.1 - ASCII Functions
- •27.3 PARALLEL COMMUNICATIONS
- •27.4 DESIGN CASES
- •27.4.1 PLC Interface To a Robot
- •27.5 SUMMARY
- •27.6 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •27.7 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •27.8 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •28. NETWORKING
- •28.1 INTRODUCTION
- •28.1.1 Topology
- •28.1.2 OSI Network Model
- •28.1.3 Networking Hardware
- •28.1.4 Control Network Issues
- •28.2 NETWORK STANDARDS
- •28.2.1 Devicenet
- •28.2.2 CANbus
- •28.2.3 Controlnet
- •28.2.4 Ethernet
- •28.2.5 Profibus
- •28.2.6 Sercos
- •28.3 PROPRIETARY NETWORKS
- •28.3.1 Data Highway
- •28.4 NETWORK COMPARISONS
- •28.5 DESIGN CASES
- •28.5.1 Devicenet
- •28.6 SUMMARY
- •28.7 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •28.8 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •28.9 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •29. INTERNET
- •29.1 INTRODUCTION
- •29.1.1 Computer Addresses
- •29.1.2 Phone Lines
- •29.1.3 Mail Transfer Protocols
- •29.1.4 FTP - File Transfer Protocol
- •29.1.5 HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- •29.1.6 Novell
- •29.1.7 Security
- •29.1.7.1 - Firewall
- •29.1.7.2 - IP Masquerading
- •29.1.8 HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
- •29.1.9 URLs
- •29.1.10 Encryption
- •29.1.11 Compression
- •29.1.12 Clients and Servers
- •29.1.13 Java
- •29.1.14 Javascript
- •29.1.16 ActiveX
- •29.1.17 Graphics
- •29.2 DESIGN CASES
- •29.2.1 Remote Monitoring System
- •29.3 SUMMARY
- •29.4 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •29.5 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •29.6 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •30. HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACES (HMI)
- •30.1 INTRODUCTION
- •30.2 HMI/MMI DESIGN
- •30.3 DESIGN CASES
- •30.4 SUMMARY
- •30.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •30.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •30.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •31. ELECTRICAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
- •31.1 INTRODUCTION
- •31.2 ELECTRICAL WIRING DIAGRAMS
- •31.2.1 Selecting Voltages
- •31.2.2 Grounding
- •31.2.3 Wiring
- •31.2.4 Suppressors
- •31.2.5 PLC Enclosures
- •31.2.6 Wire and Cable Grouping
- •31.3 FAIL-SAFE DESIGN
- •31.4 SAFETY RULES SUMMARY
- •31.5 REFERENCES
- •31.6 SUMMARY
- •31.7 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •31.8 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •31.9 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •32. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
- •32.1 INTRODUCTION
- •32.1.1 Fail Safe Design
- •32.2 DEBUGGING
- •32.2.1 Troubleshooting
- •32.2.2 Forcing
- •32.3 PROCESS MODELLING
- •32.4 PROGRAMMING FOR LARGE SYSTEMS
- •32.4.1 Developing a Program Structure
- •32.4.2 Program Verification and Simulation
- •32.5 DOCUMENTATION
- •32.6 COMMISIONING
- •32.7 REFERENCES
- •32.8 SUMMARY
- •32.9 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •32.10 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •32.11 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •33. SELECTING A PLC
- •33.1 INTRODUCTION
- •33.2 SPECIAL I/O MODULES
- •33.3 SUMMARY
- •33.4 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •33.5 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •33.6 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •34. FUNCTION REFERENCE
- •34.1 FUNCTION DESCRIPTIONS
- •34.1.1 General Functions
- •34.1.2 Program Control
- •34.1.3 Timers and Counters
- •34.1.4 Compare
- •34.1.5 Calculation and Conversion
- •34.1.6 Logical
- •34.1.7 Move
- •34.1.8 File
- •34.1.10 Program Control
- •34.1.11 Advanced Input/Output
- •34.1.12 String
- •34.2 DATA TYPES
- •35. COMBINED GLOSSARY OF TERMS
- •36. PLC REFERENCES
- •36.1 SUPPLIERS
- •36.2 PROFESSIONAL INTEREST GROUPS
- •36.3 PLC/DISCRETE CONTROL REFERENCES
- •37. GNU Free Documentation License
- •37.1 PREAMBLE
- •37.2 APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
- •37.3 VERBATIM COPYING
- •37.4 COPYING IN QUANTITY
- •37.5 MODIFICATIONS
- •37.6 COMBINING DOCUMENTS
- •37.7 COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
- •37.8 AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
- •37.9 TRANSLATION
- •37.10 TERMINATION
- •37.11 FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
- •37.12 How to use this License for your documents
plc flowchart - 11.1
11. FLOWCHART BASED DESIGN
Topics:
•Describing process control using flowcharts
•Conversion of flowcharts to ladder logic Objectives:
•Ba able to describe a process with a flowchart.
•Be able to convert a flowchart to ladder logic.
11.1INTRODUCTION
A flowchart is ideal for a process that has sequential process steps. The steps will be executed in a simple order that may change as the result of some simple decisions. The symbols used for flowcharts are shown in Figure 11.1. These blocks are connected using arrows to indicate the sequence of the steps. The different blocks imply different types of program actions. Programs always need a start block, but PLC programs rarely stop so the stop block is rarely used. Other important blocks include operations and decisions. The other functions may be used but are not necessary for most PLC applications.
Start/Stop
Operation
Decision
I/O
Disk/Storage
Subroutine
Figure 11.1 Flowchart Symbols
plc flowchart - 11.2
A flowchart is shown in Figure 11.2 for a control system for a large water tank. When a start button is pushed the tank will start to fill, and the flow out will be stopped. When full, or the stop button is pushed the outlet will open up, and the flow in will be stopped. In the flowchart the general flow of execution starts at the top. The first operation is to open the outlet valve and close the inlet valve. Next, a single decision block is used to wait for a button to be pushed. when the button is pushed the yes branch is followed and the inlet valve is opened, and the outlet valve is closed. Then the flow chart goes into a loop that uses two decision blocks to wait until the tank is full, or the stop button is pushed. If either case occurs the inlet valve is closed and the outlet valve is opened. The system then goes back to wait for the start button to be pushed again. When the controller is on the program should always be running, so only a start block is needed. Many beginners will neglect to put in checks for stop buttons.
plc flowchart - 11.3
START
Open outlet valve
Close inlet valve
start button pushed? |
no |
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yes |
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Open inlet valve |
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Close outlet valve |
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yes |
Open outlet valve |
Is tank full? |
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Close inlet valve |
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no |
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stop button pushed? |
yes |
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no |
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Figure 11.2 A Flowchart for a Tank Filler
The general method for constructing flowcharts is:
1.Understand the process.
2.Determine the major actions, these are drawn as blocks.
3.Determine the sequences of operations, these are drawn with arrows.
plc flowchart - 11.4
4. When the sequence may change use decision blocks for branching.
Once a flowchart has been created ladder logic can be written. There are two basic techniques that can be used, the first presented uses blocks of ladder logic code. The second uses normal ladder logic.
11.2 BLOCK LOGIC
The first step is to name each block in the flowchart, as shown in Figure 11.3. Each of the numbered steps will then be converted to ladder logic
plc flowchart - 11.5
STEP 1: Add labels to each block in the flowchart
START
F1
Open outlet valve
Close inlet valve
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F2 |
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start button pushed? |
no |
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F3 |
yes |
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Open inlet valve |
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Close outlet valve |
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F6 |
F4 |
Is tank full? |
yes |
Open outlet valve |
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Close inlet valve |
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no |
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F5 |
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stop button pushed? |
yes |
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no |
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Figure 11.3 Labeling Blocks in the Flowchart
Each block in the flowchart will be converted to a block of ladder logic. To do this we will use the MCR (Master Control Relay) instruction (it will be discussed in more detail later.) The instruction is shown in Figure 11.4, and will appear as a matched pair of outputs labelled MCR. If the first MCR line is true then the ladder logic on the following lines will be scanned as normal to the second MCR. If the first line is false the lines to the
plc flowchart - 11.6
next MCR block will all be forced off. If a normal output is used inside an MCR block, it may be forced off. Therefore latches will be used in this method.
Note: We will use MCR instructions to implement some of the state based programs. This allows us to switch off part of the ladder logic. The one significant note to remember is that any normal outputs (not latches and timers) will be FORCED OFF. Unless this is what you want, put the normal outputs outside MCR blocks.
A
MCR
If A is true then the MCR will cause the ladder in between to be executed. If A is false the outputs are forced off.
MCR
Figure 11.4 The MCR Function
The first part of the ladder logic required will reset the logic to an initial condition, as shown in Figure 11.5. The line will only be true for the first scan of the PLC, and at that time it will turn on the flowchart block F1 which is the reset all values off operation. All other operations will be turned off.
plc flowchart - 11.7
STEP 2: Write ladder logic to force the PLC into the first state
first scan
F1
L
F2
U
F3
U
F4
U
F5
U
F6
U
Figure 11.5 Initial Reset of States
The ladder logic for the first state is shown in Figure 11.6. When F1 is true the logic between the MCR lines will be scanned, if F1 is false the logic will be ignored. This logic turns on the outlet valve and turns off the inlet valve. It then turns off operation F1, and turns on the next operation F2.
plc flowchart - 11.8
STEP 3: Write ladder logic for each function in the flowchart
F1 |
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MCR |
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L |
outlet |
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U |
inlet |
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U |
F1 |
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L |
F2 |
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MCR |
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Figure 11.6 Ladder Logic for the Operation F1
The ladder logic for operation F2 is simple, and when the start button is pushed, it will turn off F2 and turn on F3. The ladder logic for operation F3 opens the inlet valve and moves to operation F4.
plc flowchart - 11.9
F2
MCR
start
F2
U
F3
L
MCR
F3
MCR
outlet
U
inlet
L
F3
U
F4
L
MCR
Figure 11.7 Ladder Logic for Flowchart Operations F2 and F3
The ladder logic for operation F4 turns off F4, and if the tank is full it turns on F6, otherwise F5 is turned on. The ladder logic for operation F5 is very similar.
plc flowchart - 11.10
F4 |
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MCR |
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U |
F4 |
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tank full |
F6 |
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L |
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tank full |
F5 |
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L |
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MCR |
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F5 |
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MCR |
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U |
F5 |
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stop |
F6 |
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L |
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stop |
F4 |
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L |
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MCR |
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Figure 11.8 Ladder Logic for Operations F4 and F5
The ladder logic for operation F6 turns the outlet valve on and turns off the inlet valve. It then ends operation F6 and returns to operation F2.