Training - Class Details

Class sizes are limited to nine students so that each student receives individual attention. With each student at his or her own training station, everyone gets the chance to write and debug programs. Every student goes home with a training manual documenting each classroom exercise with step-by-step details.

Classes begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. on the first day. Students may arrive anytime after 8:00 a.m. and enjoy a continental breakfast. Lunches are also provided and are a great opportunity to meet Opto 22 employees. The rest of the week, the class begins at 8:00. Class ends each day at 5:00 p.m., except the last day (Thursday) when the class usually ends between 3:00 and 4:00. When planning travel, we recommend allowing the full day in case the class takes longer than expected, or you have more questions.

Classes held at Opto 22 headquarters include a tour of the Opto 22 manufacturing facility, where students can see Opto 22 products in action.

Prerequisites: Students must have a working knowledge of Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000, but no prior Opto 22 knowledge is required.

 

Introduction to the SNAP PAC System

The SNAP PAC System training class provides an overview of Opto 22 SNAP PAC programmable automation controllers and brains, SNAP I/O modules, and PAC Project Basic and Professional software, as well as the many methods of communicating with the system.

Students learn to configure I/O, program control strategies, and develop HMI screens. Using PAC Control, students develop their own control and data acquisition programs with easy-to-use flowcharts and OptoScript, a powerful scripting language for executing math, string handling, control loops, and other complex functions. Using PAC Display, students design their own customized operator interfaces for communicating with the SNAP PAC System and also perform real-time and historical trending and alarming.

Course Content:

• SNAP PAC System hardware overview
• Networking overview
• IP addressing
• PAC Manager-assigning IP addresses, downloading firmware, configuring optional functions
• PAC Control-control engine configuration and I/O configuration, flowcharting, digital and analog control, tables, string handling, serial communication, OptoScripting, SNMP traps, event messages, file and FTP capabilities, PID loops
• PAC Display-building an operator interface, animation, trending, alarming
• OptoOPCServer-configuration, connecting to test client
• OptoDataLink-configuring data sources and destinations
• OptoTerminals-hardware configuration, developing an interface using Qlarity Foundry software
• Troubleshooting