PLC Programming Using RSLogix 5000: Understanding Ladder Logic and the Studio 5000 Platform

This book will guide you through your first steps in the RSLogix 5000 / Studio 5000 environment and familiarize you with ladder logic programming. We help you better understand the RSLogix 5000 interface, the practical methods to build a PLC program, and how to download your program onto a CompactLogix or ControlLogix PLC. We also cover the basics of ladder logic programming that every beginner should know and provide ample practical examples to help you better understand each topic. By the end of this book, you will be able to create a PLC program from start to finish that can take on any real-world task.

Introduction to Ladder Logic Programming

We cover what every beginner should know when writing their first program. We also cover the basics of programming with ladder logic and how ladder logic correlates to the PLC inputs and outputs. These principles are then put to work inside RSLogix 5000, explaining the basic commands required to control a machine.

Introduction to RSLogix 5000 / Studio 5000

We detail the workings of the Rockwell software, what each window looks like, the elements of each drop-down menu, and how to navigate through the program.

Working with Instructions

We cover every available instruction necessary for beginners, what each instruction does, and a short example for each. You will also learn about communication settings and how to add additional devices to your control system.

Working with Tags, Routines, and Faults

We show you how to create and use the various types of tags available and all the different data types associated with tags. This guide also covers the finer details of routines, UDTs, and AOIs. As well as guiding how to account for typical problems and recover from faults. All of which are essential to most programs.

A Real-World Practical Approach

Throughout the guide, we reference practical scenarios where the various aspects we discuss are applied in the real world. We included numerous examples and two full practical examples, which combine everything you will have learned in the preceding chapters.