Allen Bradley Communications

  • Course Reference
    Allen Bradley/ Rockwell Communications Course
  • Course Duration
    3 Days
  • Documentation
    Allen Bradley Communications Manual.
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The course has been designed to familiarise students with many different communication options, when using Allen Bradley controllers.

Each communication option will be explained and demonstrated, then a total network will then be created by the student.

The student will be able investigate the program and hardware for fault finding.

The student must have attended a maintenance course or Higher, or have previous Allen Bradley experience.

Objectives

To introduce students to the concepts and operation all the Allen Bradley communication options, including the ollowing areas:

  • Structuring programs of the program.
  • Profibus communications.
  • Ethernet Communications.
  • DH+ and DH485 communications.
  • Devicenet comms.
  • Controlnet Communications.
  • Communications to drives.
  • Communication to other PLC’s.
  • HMI network.s

Course Content

  • Program Structure for communications.
  • Configuration of Controlnet and devicenet:
    1. I/O networks.
    2. PLC to PLC ControlLogix and PLC5.
    3. PLC to Drives.
  • Ethernet communications for:
    1. PLC to PLC.
    2. PLC to HMI.
  • Profibus communications between PLC’s and drives.
  • Profibus Allen Bradley to other manufactures PLC.
  • DH+ and DH485 communications.
  • Communications to HMI’s.
  • Student project.