Proficy Machine Edition

Proficy Machine Edition Maintenance Course

Course Duration:
3 Days

Documentation:
GE Fanuc 90-30 Controller Training Manual.

Equipment per student:
GE Fanuc 90-30 controller
PME programming laptop
Plant simulator

The Proficy Machine Edition (PME) GE Fanuc 90-30 Maintenance Course has been designed to familiarise Electricians, Technicians and Maintenance Engineers with little or no experience of GE Fanuc systems to the different aspects associated with the operation and maintenance of GE Fanuc controllers and specifically the use of the PME programming software. This course is intended to give students the background knowledge and practical experience in working on a GE Fanuc system so that they have a good understanding of the system and have the ability to make small edits and make changes to program parameters.

Where possible, application specific exercises, actual drawings and plant programs will be used to allow the students to gain the greatest possible benefit from the course.

Objectives

• To introduce students to the concepts, terminology and operation of GE Fanuc 90-30 Controllers.

• To recognise and understand the hardware associated with GE Fanuc 90-30 controllers.

• To recognise and understand what the system LED’s indicate.

• To be able to open and understand the PME project structure of the GE Fanuc 90-30 program and to have the confidence to implement minor changes to the ladder program and register values.

• Understanding the use and operation of GE Fanuc 90-30 ladder instructions set within PME.

• To be able to use the PME programming software to connect online to monitor and be able to use the search facilities to chase through the program to determine problems on plant.

• To be able to locate and replace faulty modules by understanding and using the cpu diagnostics within the controller when an error is present and to be able to reset the fault using the PME software.

• To be able to use PME to create a backup copy of the GE Fanuc controllers program. To be able to restore a program back into the controller from a backup copy using PME.

Course Content

The hardware architecture and operation of GE Fanuc 90-30 controllers.

Understanding GE Fanuc I/O modules, their plant wiring and LED indicators.

Addresses used in the GE Fanuc range of controllers.

First steps using the PME programming software.

Creating a training program to demonstrate plant PME programming examples.

Getting an online connection to the GE Fanuc controller, serial and/or Ethernet.

Downloading the user program to the GE Fanuc 90-30 controller.

Online monitoring and the GE Fanuc search facility.

Creating and using tables to monitor the GE Fanuc controller status.

An overview of the GE Fanuc ladder PME programming techniques used on plant programs.

A demonstration of simple program editing and modifying plant programs.

Reading the GE Fanuc controllers standard instruction set.

PME programming examples including relay, timers, logic, maths, and compares.

Understanding and configuring higher level ladder instructions in the program.

Binary, Decimal and Hex numbering systems and their use in a GE Fanuc program.

Using and creating program documentation.

Using PME program documentation for fault finding purposes.

Analogue modules and the maths involved in analogue signal processing

GE Fanuc controller fault and I/O messages and their meanings and how to clear them.

If released to us two weeks before the scheduled course start date then we will include application exercises on your plant GE Fanuc controller programs.