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Introduction
Thepurposeofthislaboratoryworkistoprovidepracticalknowledgeofsuchbasicauto-
mationconceptsas:dynamicsystemmodelingforcontrolpurposes,feedbackandits
role,controlsystemstructures,fundamentalsofdesigningcontrolsystemsfortracking
(servomechanisms)andfortheattenuationofdisturbances(industrialcontrolsystems),
andthedigitalimplementationofcontrolalgorithms.Hardwareplatformsofmodern
automationsystemsarealsodiscussed,includingProgrammableLogicControllers(PLC)
industrialSupervisoryControlandDataAcquisition(SCADA)systems.
Thistextbookfamiliarizesstudentswiththetopicofmodernindustrialautomation
systems.Tocompletethelaboratorytasks,studentsmustacquireknowledgerelatedto
programmingenvironmentsforPLCcontrollersandSCADAsystems.Thetextbookalso
containsdetailedtechnicaldescriptionsoftheprocessesusedinlaboratoryclasses.The
authorsbelievethatthetextbookwillhelptoorganizeandsystematizetheknowledge
gainedfromlectures.
Thetextbookconsistsofanintroductionandsixcontentchapters.Theintroduction
providesanoverviewofthetextbookanddiscussesthefollowingchapters.Thesubsequent
chaptersdescribealllaboratoryexercises.Chapter6describesthestructureoflaboratory
setups:setupAandsetupB.Eachlaboratoryprocessisthendescribed,includingthe
definitionsoftheirinputandoutputsignals.
Eachchapterdescribingalaboratoryexercisebeginswithanintroductionthatprovides
thetheoreticalbasisofthecourseandtheimplementationofthelaboratoryexercise.Next,
adescriptionoftheproposedexerciseisgiven.Thestudentsfamiliarizethemselveswith
thischapter’scontent,asitisfundamentalforthelaboratoryexercisepreliminarytest.
Finally,thepracticalimplementationofexercisesisdiscussed.Thisconstitutesanover-
viewthathelpsthestudentsfocusonindividualtopics.Thedetailsoftheexercisesare
giventothestudentsatthebeginningofthelaboratoryclass.Thechaptersdescribing
alllaboratoryexercisesalsoincludedescriptionsofthesoftwareusedforthelaboratory
exercises.Thesedescriptionsareintendedtofacilitatethecompletionoftheexercise.
Exercise1coversthetopicsofbinaryandsequentialcontrolusingaPCandVisual
Studiopackage.Studentsfamiliarizethemselveswiththelaboratoryworkstationandim-
plementacontrolalgorithmthroughaprogramexecutedbythePC.Thepreparedlibrary
forVisualStudioexchangessignalswithaPLC(SLMPprotocoloverEthernet).PLCcon-
trollersareconnectedtothePCthroughEthernet.ThechapteralsodiscussestheVisual
Studiosoftwareusedtocarryouttheexercise.
Exercise2addressesbinaryandsequentialcontrolusingaPLCandGXWorks3
package.Studentsfamiliarizethemselveswiththelaboratoryworkstationandimplement
acontrolalgorithmasaprogramexecutedbythePLCcontroller.Programsareimplemen-
tedinStructuredText,withastrongemphasisonimplementingefficientstatemachines.
ThischapteralsodiscussestheGXWorks3softwareusedtocompletetheexercise.
Exercise3concernstheimplementationofaprocessoperatorstationintheSCADA
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