• DocumentCode
    2436728
  • Title

    A generic procedure for troubleshooting of PLC based control systems

  • Author

    Malik, Arshad Hussain ; Choudhry, Muhammad Ahmad ; Mehmood, Tahir ; Hanif, Aamir

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Sect., Attock, Pakistan
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7-10 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    732
  • Lastpage
    737
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the problems generally faced with PLC based control systems and a general procedure to solve them. Flowcharts for troubleshooting of power supply faults, internal and external problems of PLC has been included in the paper. The approach mentioned for troubleshooting is general and can be applied on any type of PLC based control system. A case study is included to validate the developed general procedure for the trouble shooting of PLC based controlled system.
  • Keywords
    fault diagnosis; programmable controllers; PLC based control systems; flowcharts; power supply faults; programmable logic controller; troubleshooting generic procedure; Cranes; Light emitting diodes; Monitoring; Power supplies; Switches; Wiring; Programmable logic controllers; gantry crane; troubleshooting;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Control Automation Robotics & Vision (ICARCV), 2010 11th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Singapore
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7814-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICARCV.2010.5707768
  • Filename
    5707768