What You'll Learn and Receive
- Setup and Use Factory IO
- From A to B Scene
- From A to B, Set - Reset Scene
- Filling Tank Scene
- Queue of Items Scene
- Buffer Station Scene
- Converge Station Scene
- And More! (see lesson list)
What You'll Receive With Your Purchase
- Immediate Online Course Access
- Online Instructor Support
- PLC Start Files For All Lessons
- Detailed Step-By-Step Lessons
- Works With 30 Day Software Trial
- Factory I/O Sold Separately
- No Course Expiration Date
- Retake Lessons as Needed
- Start Files for 1200, 1500, PLCSIM
- Practical Programming Solutions
- Completion Certificate with PDHs
- PLC & PLC SW Not Included
Become a master at solving programmable controller applications without having to buy thousands of dollars of motors, conveyors, sensors, and control panels by taking our Mastering S7-1200, 1500, & PLCSIM Applications using Factory I/O online course.
Those who want to become proficient programming control systems often find themselves trying to simulate complex operations with lights, buttons, and switches, as most can't afford to build or purchase physical test systems that cost thousands of dollars.
But with our Mastering Applications course, and a trial or paid license of Factory I/O (sold separately,) students can use their existing S7-1200, 1500, or PLCSIM and TIA Portal programming software (neither included with course) to learn how to solve several fully simulated factory applications.
Factory I/O is a unique software tool that simulates over twenty factory applications, allowing students of our Mastering Applications using Factory I/O course to forgo purchasing physical motors, conveyors, sensors, and operator panels, and instead use the simulated applications found in Factory I/O.
Students do this by using their own S7-1200, 1500, or PLCSIM and TIA Portal programming software (purchased separately – not included with online course) with either the free 30 Day Trial Version or a Licensed copy of Factory IO (sold separately.)
Note: If you purchase a Factory I/O license from The Automation School, it comes bundled with a Mastering Applications using Factory IO course at no additional charge!
Note: This online course can be completed using the 21 Day Trial of TIA Portal (available from Siemens.com) and the 30 Day Trial of Factory I/O (available from FactoryIO.com.) Please note that neither trail from these vendors can be “reset” once they expire.
And because we value our student's time, each programming lesson also comes with a “Tag Start File” so they can jump right into the programming lessons and avoid the time it take to add tags to the programmable controller project.
Course Topics:
Below is a summary of the topics covered in this course, and a complete lesson listing is also available in a following section:
- Setting up and using Factory I/O
- Solving the From A to B Scene
- Solving the From A to B, Set – Reset Scene
- Solving the Filling Tank Scene
- Solving the Queue of Items Scene
- Solving the Buffer Station Scene
- Solving the Converge Station Scene
- Solving the Sorting by Height Scene
- Solving the Pick and Place Scene
- And more! (see lesson listing)
Who should take this course:
Anyone who has a S7-1200, 1500, or PLCSIM PLC, and a copy of TIA Portal, who'd also like to learn how to write programs to solve applications, or practice their application solving skills, while also learning to use Factory I/O.
Instructor Bio:
Shortly after earning a degree in Electronics, Shawn Tierney spent twenty five years working in the field as a Rockwell Automation authorized distributor specialist helping countless Engineers and Electricians learn how to select, setup, program, and troubleshoot Allen-Bradley industrial automation controls.
During his time as a specialist, Shawn attended over fifty weeks of Rockwell training and gained his certification as a Rockwell Automation Specialist and Information Software Specialist, and graduated from Rockwell's STPA Certification program with the highest recorded score.
During that time Shawn also earned his Microsoft Certifications in Server and Desktop Operating Systems, becoming a Microsoft Certified Professional.
Shawn left his job as an Automation Specialist in 2015 to focus on sharing everyting he's learned in affordable, self-paced courses at TheAutomationSchool.com
Course and Bundle Pricing:
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NOTE: To purchase this course as a gift, or for a co-worker to take, please choose the Voucher option.
Sample Lesson and Snapshots
In this lesson you'll learn about how to get Factroy IO, as well as how to open and navigate a Scene.
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Lessons
Course Requirements and Questions
Course Requirements:
To take online courses at The Automation School you need an internet connection, and students who wish to complete optional exercises, or follow along with the instructor as he teaches, will need the following:
- A Windows 10 or 11 PC to run either the 30 day trial or paid license of Factory IO, and a Programmable Controller or Simulator, and a copy of the Programming Software.
- Note: The Factory I/O 30 Day Trial period starts when you install the Trial Software and cannot be reset
- Note: This online course does not include a PLC, nor does it come with PLC Programming Software.
Legal Stuff: The permitted use of this course, and the included course materials, code snippets, downloads, and software:
The purchase of a single copy of this course grants a single individual with the right to use the courses for personal instruction and reference only. Purchasing a course for yourself (or for another) does not grant you, them, or anyone the right to distribute or share this work beyond the single individual that registers to take the course.
This means the course and course materials may not be shared with friends, relatives, co-workers, or students, as each sale is for an individual license to view the lessons, and download any course materials, documents, code files, and software that are included with the course.
This per-person licensing helps ensure that the instructor who created this course (and exclusively holds the copyright for it,) can cover the expense outlaid to create the course, as well as cover the continuing costs of keeping the course available to new and existing customers, and additionally cover the expense of answering new questions that paying customers may have, all while providing the instructor (and copyright holder) with fair compensation for access to their copyrighted course and course materials that are licensed on a per-person basis.
Note that it is unlawful to share this copyrighted course and course material *even* if you do not charge for doing so, or do not make a profit doing so (including non-profit and governmental organizations,) as the nature of this unique, copyrighted, proprietary educational work (for which the instructor holds the sole copyright,) is that it is designed as a chargeable training resource that is not made freely available to the public, and as such its only value is in its controlled distribution. Therefore, any unauthorized sharing of the course or the course materials would greatly reduce the potential for additional sales and licensing, directly impacting the ability of the instructor and copyright holder to cover their costs to produce the course, as well as to continue to make it available to new and existing customers, and to support customers who lawfully purchased it.
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