Glad it helped

You've got this David. Show them that you are confident in your skills.

@@TimWilborne : Thank You, I am studying SCARA now, for the FANUC 200id. P.S. you two make a cute couple.

You are welcome!

Good luck!

Hi Michael, you can find all of our drawings at: twcontrols.com/lessons/standard-electrical-control-panel-and-plc-trainer-drawings

Glad it was helpful!

Glad to hear it James!

Same to you!

We'll keep doing this as long as you keep watching Marko!

You are welcome

You are so welcome!

Not sure what you mean by the V terminals

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You are welcome!

On our permanent demos we do, but on our trainer videos we try to use exactly what our students do. Thanks for watching Bill!

Thanks!

It is a test program that ships with our trainers just to make sure everything works. Honestly I can't remember why we did that. I probably thought it would be a neat win when the wiring worked :)

Thank you Roger!

I should hit that some time.

Yes we have some of those coming up soon.

In this case FP+ and FP- covers all 16 IO points

Field Power.

Hi Johnathan. That is a tough one. If you mean something such as a Raspberry pi then I don't encourage the use of them, even in schools. It gives you a false sense knowledge that will be hard to relate to when you get out into industry. I think I would leave the I/O as it is so you can gain an appreciation of the benefits of a PLC or these.

See link below controls.tw/yt-plc-trainers

Personally I don't use them because if you have an overcurrent condition, then you take the surge across the chassis of the PLC. But they are connected to the FP+ (V+) and FP-( C) terminals.

No but we have a video we're working on about noise immunity. I'll make sure we include this. Thanks for watching Shaman!

TIM; recently we replaced a 18 pulse 400 hp VFD with 6 pulse vfd. when we did one of six RTDs was affected by the proximity of the temperature controller to the VFD. the old VFD had a reactor ad filter the new one did not. The weird thing was that only one RTD was affected, the other 5 were just fine,all RTDS were in one 24 conductor shielded cable and and separated from any high voltage. bottom line is it took us forever to figure out and correct it. we talked to all local VFD vendors, only Yaskawa local suport guy suggested that might be noise related but still he was not sure because only one was affected.

@@shamanking5195 Yes the goal of my video will be to take some of the myths out of noise. Too many support people cry noise at the first sight of something they can't explain.

I use stranded MTW wire for everything. The wire size depends on the particular application but if it is AC above 50V, then it is a minimum of 14AWG per UL 508A. For 24VDC, I use 18AWG because it is easier to get under the small PLC terminals with a ferrule.

Here are all of our standard wiring diagrams. twcontrols.com/lessons/standard-electrical-control-panel-and-plc-trainer-drawings

You are both right 😉 Input LED are an indication of the physical input and do need wires. Outputs are an indication of whether there is a 0 or 1 in the output's bit box and don't need physical wires.

@@TimWilborne I guess the PLCs I always have tested code with has inputs wired and not outputs. Thanks !

Have you narrowed it down to the specific I/O module that is causing the error? If it is an expansion module then the only thing to try before replacing it is disconnecting and reconnecting the I/O connector on that module and the module to it's right. Also make sure the right end cap is in place.

The FP- terminal is the common for inputs 0-15.

@@TimWilborne Got it , thanks

I'm testing new CAD softwares now. Stay tuned.

Hi Rick. I use an old version of Autocad and a lot of manual steps. There are much better ways to do it than I do.

It will depend on whether you are wiring it for sinking or sourcing with the L24, see this lesson. www.theautomationstore.com/control-wiring-sinking-and-sourcing-npn-pnp-devices-and-plc-inputs/

@@TimWilborne Thanks Tim for the clarification in the video.

Sure, send an email to contactus@twcontrols.com.

@@TimWilborne Done. Thank you

@@toolboy3555 You have email!

No, it means that something in your I/O Configuration is not present. Do you have any Ethernet modules configured? Are there any local modules configured that are not present?

@@TimWilborne Thanks for the prompt response! I disable the ethernet modules that are not connect yet and the error has gone! Thank you

@@rnramsamy Good to hear!

Hi Dave. The FP+ gets +24V, typically through a MCR or safety relay to power the outputs. The FP- connects to 0V and is used for both inputs and outputs.

Hi Stephen. What do you mean by full form? The FP+ is the common for the sourcing outputs of the PLC and the FP- is the common for the sinking inputs of the PLC. Does that help?

@@TimWilborne Thank you for the clear answer.

@@TimWilborne by full form i meant what does FP stand for , i have understood it from another video of yours that it is field point

@@stephenvjoseph Field Power

That is a really tricky question. I have a video coming on it but there are none. Grounds must be green, that is it. My "preference" is blue for +24VDC and Blue with a white stripe for -24VDC.

Hi Daniel. It depends on the particular options. See link below. twcontrols.com/plc-trainers