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ICC-1019 | Advanced PLC Programming and Troubleshooting

Course Sector : Instrumentation & Controls

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5 Days2025-05-262025-05-30Online$2,150 Book now
5 Days2025-08-042025-08-08Dubai$4,250 Book now
5 Days2025-11-172025-11-21Jakarta$4,950 Book now
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Course Introduction

Advanced PLC Programming training course is directed and focused on personnel involved in project engineering tasks who would like to become proficient with the extended programming possibilities of SIMATIC S7 (300/400).


Course objective

  • Leverage and influence the power of Block and Function libraries     
  • Use STL for advanced program development 
  • Employ indirect addressing in a program 
  • Incorporate System Functions (SFC) in a program 
  • Use Instance and Multi-Instance data Blocks 
  • Use and practice interrupt-driven and error processing program execution blocks 
  • Leverage STEP7 advanced diagnostics

Course Outline | 01 Day One

MODULE 1:  SIMATIC S7-300/400 Programmable Controller

 

  • Structure and Configuration of the Programmable Controller (Hardware Components of S7-300/400)
  • Memory Areas
  • Distributed I/O (PROFIBUS DP) 
  • Communications (Subnets)       
  • Modules Addresses      
  • Addresses Areas

 

 

 MODULE 2:  Review of Start-up and Operation       

 

  • Starting STEP 7       
  • Starting STEP 7 with Default Start Parameters       
  • Calling the Help Functions       
  • Objects and Object Hierarchy       
  • User Interface and Operation       
  • Keyboard Operation

Course Outline | 02 Day Two

MODULE 3:  Data Blocks and complex variables      

 

  • Blocks Overview      
  • Blocks in Structured Programming       
  • The Multi-Instance Model       
  • FB 1-4 Parameter Descriptions       
  • Block Connections      
  • Parameter passing 

 

 

MODULE 4: Complex Data Type Applications    

   

  • Data Types and Variables       
  • Complex Data Types       
  • Using Arrays, Strings, Date & Time       
  • Using STRUCT       
  • User-Defined Data Types (UDTs)       
  • Structure programs

Course Outline | 03 Day Three

MODULE 5: Program control     

  

  • STL and managing the accumulators for S7300/400       
  • Status word and jump instructions      
  • Loop command and breakpoints      
  • Organization Blocks     
  • Parameter Passing with FC, FB, SFB, SFC       
  • Parameter passing: Local variable     
  • Library blocks: SFCs and SFBs       
  • Parameter passing with user-designed FCs     
  • Parameter passing with user-designed FBs     
  • Multi-Instance FB 

 

 

MODULE 6: Block Calls & Parameters  

     

  • Parameter Declarations & Passing      
  • Pointer and Any Data Types       
  • Calling Functions       
  • Description of Examples

Course Outline | 04 Day Four

MODULE 7: Error Handling

 

  • Synchronous Errors      
  • Asynchronous Errors      
  • System Diagnostics       
  • Error Handling Organisation Blocks (OB70 to OB87 / OB121 to OB122) ·      
  • Masking Synchronous Errors SFC 36-38    
  • Applying Error Filters 

 

 

MODULE 8: IEC Functions     

 

  • Conversion and Comparison Functions      
  • STRING Functions       
  • Date/Time-of-Day Functions     
  • Numerical Functions

Course Outline | 05 Day Five

MODULE 9: Troubleshooting the automation system

      

Troubleshooting with a module information tool     

Troubleshooting with a hardware configuration tool       

Hardware Diagnostics and Troubleshooting    

Module Information       

Troubleshooting with CPU messages       

Diagnosing in STOP Mode       

Inspecting and Checking Scan Cycle Times to Avoid Time Errors      

The flow of Diagnostic Information      

Program Measures for Handling Errors

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