0210 – Training: Automation Studio

Automation Studio, B&R's integrated engineering environment, provides a unified platform for configuring hardware, developing machine software and commissioning complete automation systems.

This is the basis for most other trainings.

Structured Text programming according to IEC 61131-3 is also covered.

• Requirements
• Basic technical knowledge

• Contents
• Download, install and license Automation Studio
• Navigate through the different views and context-sensitive windows
• Compare online and offline version of Automation Help and search for information
• Create a new project from scratch and add I/O modules
• Establish communication with a controller either directly (point-to-point) or via a network (DHCP server) and transfer the project to the controller
• Switch between ARsim and real hardware and find the data in the status bar
• Describe key features and name different types of Automation Runtime variants
• Install, upgrade and use an Automation Runtime version in a project
• Name and explain the different operating states
• Describe RAM and ROM, memory partitions and the benefits of remanent variables
• Explain the concept of cycle time, idle time and priorities; illustrate a cycle time violation and explain the reason
• Describe AR I/O management with I/O mapping and I/O scheduler and image
• Add an ST program and create variables using different data types and name and describe the three different variable scopes
• Use basic diagnostic tools
• Implement simple programs in Structured Text