Basic PLC Instructions (Full Lecture)

In this lesson we'll define the make, break, and output enable instructions common to most PLCs as well as differentiate between electrical continuity as required by traditional hardwired relay based ladder logic and logical continuity as required by most PLCs. Pay attention to this lecture as it establishes fundamental ground rules about common PLC program instructions that, if misinterpreted, can be disastrous. (Full Lecture)
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[@greywolf271]

The 8 states considered from 21:10 are very simple if you put it in a written table and mark the columns according to their "Normal" "Deactivated" or "Activated" states. What must upset first timer electricians is that they probably don't get taught or don't have an inclination to learn about simple digital electronic switching. One would think it should be a compulsory part of an electrician's study syllabus.

[@6345788]

When I see this, I think truth tables.

[@bigbadtech]

True dat. (no pun intended) I've got some older lectures on digital at the "cgcclive" channel. The break instruction can be thought of as negation.

[@6345788]

Thanks, Jim!

[@johnvictorengland7703]

Indeed. It's trivial but yet referred to as something that "will blow your mind". No, really, it won't. It's just an IF switch 1 input=0 THEN switch 1 output=1 What the hell is so complicated about that?

[@olegs79]

In first year they teach physical relay logic for essentially the entire practical course. In third year they give us a few days of PLC. It's bass backwards. These videos are brilliant.

[@Sundasher]

Hallelujah!! I knew he was out there somewhere, the guy who can ACTUALLY explain this in a logical and concise manner... you are THAT guy. No unnecessary rambling!! Thank you!!!

[@PattiHoff-bi5wx]

I'm an electrician just jumping into the automation/controls side of things and here teaching myself how to program when work is slow. Thank you so much for providing such well explained classes on YT for free. Definitely have to mentally separate NC/NO and XIO/XIC! (which reminds me of my instructor as an apprentice making us state "The common is not the neutral." over and over again.)

[@wonders5596]

Jim, your presentation of basic PLC programming is so crisp and articulate, right to the point. Simply genius! God Bless you!

[@bladedance6592]

Really Helped watching a second time for those who are lost you are not alone. My tip is watch other videos after this then come back and watch for a second time!

[@fabu1238]

Mr. Patel: THanks a million, brother.

[@Michael-jp9jw]

Holy smokes! This has got to be THE BEST lecture introducing PLCs. Definitely will "put it in my pipe and smoke it!"

[@troubleshooting114]

I started out as an electrician in a factory and converted old manual operated hydraulic and pneumatic machines into plc electrical operated automatic ones! I was 17 at the time!! 😲

[@quynhnd88]

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[@markangelocaban915]

Thank you for this video i have refresh my plc programming subject way back 2008..

[@jacquesbouchard8884]

Thank You so much!!! I struggled a freaking lot with this mechanical vs logical concept, you made it much clearer now ! I should have found your channel sooner!

[@mantesun]

I appreciate your clarity of instruction both visually and audibly, thank you very much!

[@ayushjaiswal4449]

That intro is epic

[@nishyu9101]

I want to appreciate the amount to patience and work you put into this, its tedious sometimes but it really helps us inthe log run!

[@ZENERVOLTAGE]

I know one thing for certain.....My brain, 100% goes into its deactivated state every time I think I understand this topic!

[@misterprice1193]

It’s simple and if you think it’s complicated then you make things complicated for yourself

[@jasonbourne2171]

It's like abc's

[@jesseamaya4413]

I'm an industrial compressor technician and I routinely have to wire and rewire control boards. I did not know I was using ladder logic until I watched your video (several times). I just purchased a plc and several modules with the intent of training myself on how to program them. Your video is clear and concise with clear and easily understood illustrations. Thank you.

[@lacoste1245]

I’ve been doing practice logic drawings NO:NC I come here for some tips now I gotta remember the complete opposite of what I thought I’d learned

[@erikguzik8204]

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Awesomely explained. 30 minutes of my life was worth it.

[@maroot9894]

Grow up it was crap

[@jaltoorey4445]

ur great. i came for EXACTLY this video with ALL of the tone and ALL of the sentiments and the driving it in my head. I can't learn this the other way teachers would try to teach. You are talent. Thank you dearly and kindly.

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[@keithclark8030]

I just started learning PLC and only have view a few videos. This video is great! I love the way how important it is to Jim. Someone like this are the ones you want to learn from. Detail, detail, detail...you have to be detail to be good.

[@jasenrothe3595]

Thanks for this explanation!!! This was the easiest way to understand the XIO/XIC instructions I have ever heard!!!!!!!

[@nabilali3328]

Great job. Very useful information and excellent explanation. Thank you very much. Kamal Khandakji

[@imho2278]

Excellent mix of knowledge, good approach, and a refreshingly world weary attitude to foolishness and students who need to wake up, that doesn't quite tip over into cynicism. You are the coolest!

[@TheElectromagno]

I have never seen a good explanation about Plc like this lesson did. Thank you very much.

[@neerajalahudva5325]

Amazing video. All my doubts are cleared. These are basics that you can't go on learning more complicated application programs without understanding this simple make, break concept.

[@jacobmccann9871]

Man this has helped me tremendously! You break things down so easy I always run to your Channel when I don’t understand a topic👍🏼

[@user-qq9zn5zb2j]

Thank you so much for this lecture.

[@ledickin69]

More GOLD. Onto the next one 👍

[@cadillacdan3404]

Awesome info I'm just getting into wiring and dealing with plcs and your videos make it very understandable and with making it visual makes it even better.

[@generaltechnologyknowledge5165]

Good explanation

[@GovernmentAcid]

MAN, thank you for making this so clear & understandable. I'm currently in an AAS program for Electrical Engineering Technology (currently making A's in all of my classes, largely because of the solid foundation in circuit analysis that this channel gave me), and I take PLC's next semester, before graduating Spring of 2023. I think I was always a bit intimidated about taking PLC's, because I always knew that it was one of the final classes I would take, and I think I was just afraid somehow that there would be a sudden difficulty spike from one section to the next, and largely thanks to the foundation that I found on this channel, I don't think that'll be the case. I'm also lucky to be in a program that makes construction of logic-based circuits really intuitive as well, and I've been able to get a lot of lab practice with those using just simple breadboard kits and various IC's and other electronics components. Anyways, thanks again, and this content is really stellar for someone who's just learning & wants to get a solid foundation.

[@bigbadtech]

Very nice. Please tell your classmates about this resource!

[@be13rus]

Hope you go to University.. and take real courses.. I used to be As in college.. turn out into D at university..

[@TebogoMaupye]

It's so educational and easy to understand , compared to my previous physical training

[@juannatanael2591]

Really good video, clear concepts and examples. Worth watching it whole!

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Great content

[@adanarceo4636]

thankyou so much for this video jim ,im working as maitenance ,and i have to deal whith plc things thiz is very helpfull....

[@electricengineer624]

Amazing video, many thanks for your efforts and hardware teaching us valuable knowledge God bless you and keep up the good works

[@bhampresson]

Outstanding!!! Thank you so much for the time you put into this!

[@chris330330]

perfect instructor with drawings , well done , thanks

[@Mehedi2002Focke]

Very impressive

[@olegs79]

Great video. Almost got shanked when I wanted 3.048 meters of EMT from the electrical supplier. Antiquated measurements still have a place....

[@souravbose8115]

Excellent explanation....

[@dsfs17987]

this presentation is a testament as to why unified standard system should be used with these things, instead of each branch using their own symbology the -] [- and -]/[- in particular, when the thing could have been written as -] [- and -] [o-, which would instantly make much more sense for anyone being remotely familiar with symbols for logics in electronics

[@brewertonpaul]

Great video, i'm sure you managed to get the info into a few thick skulls

[@noohmuhammed633]

This is the the best explanation .thankyou very much for such an effort and pls come up with more programming plc videos

[@srivatsaa.r.9936]

Sir Yr video instructions on BASIC PLC PROGRAMMING IS outstanding. However due to the speed of yr country's speaking some times i missed a few points. However i will play the video to catch them again. For a long time i wanted to understand PLC and writing ladder diagram. In yr video u have emphasised many imp points to keep in mind. Yr pronounciation is clear. Thanks S.vatsa, India

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[@bigbadtech]

Very nice. Glad you're making use of the material. Also check out the free study guides I compiled for basic electricity and electronics and hydraulics at: openoregon.pressbooks.pub/electronics1/ openoregon.pressbooks.pub/electronics2/ openoregon.pressbooks.pub/electronics3/ openoregon.pressbooks.pub/hydraulics/

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[@erickademe]

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[@mrdnice425]

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[@kouchang3055]

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[@kevin00861]

It's really wow 👏 I really can't thank you enough for this amazing lecture

[@ralphjed9047]

Jim you are a M A S T E R

[@ROBER271299]

It was amazing, its very helpful to refresh my knowledge

[@ricaulcastellon9615]

You are the best of them all!!!

[@macditty]

Great video. This is so confusing sometimes and I appreciate you dumbing it down for me. All of this terminology is driving me crazy, everything seems to mean the opposite of what it implies, or opposite of what it looks like in graphics. I went to a technical college that didn't explain this nearly as well as you are, good job and thank you!

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[@AS-of4yn]

Another great video! Thanks!

[@amjedmajeed3218]

Many thanks for your concise explanation

[@HaveaLookAround]

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[@RizwanAMateen1975]

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[@RizwanAMateen1975]

Thanks

[@socalwoodmarquee]

21 :00 I watched KZbin videos after videos day after dayand could understand what the hell XIO XIC really meant. You my friend have made this easy to comprehend. If I could I would pay you for the knowledge you have bestowed upon me. Thank you 🙏

[@jonminnella4157]

Hi Jim nice lecture I was able to learn a lot from this thank you

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Thanks a lot sir your explanation and depth of knowledge is outstanding 💐🙂👍

[@jackberi9584]

Very good video and very understandable also, thanx a lot

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Awesome teacher!

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[@kentvandervelden]

Very useful video, thank you for making it. You're a good teacher.

[@bigbadtech]

Just checked out your channel ... very nice!

[@kentvandervelden]

Hi Jim, many thanks. Making the videos is not easy so you have my respect. I'm working through your videos. I am working on my first PLC program now, for a Click PLC from AutomationDirection. I've written interfaces to Wago PLCs before, but only by MODBUS, no programming the PLC. So this is all new to me. I appreciate that you said think of Make and Break instead of NO and NC. It actually took a while to figure that out. Still trying to sort out register/coil/input/holding/etc on this PLC. My program is working, but I just like to know for sure that I understand all details. I started with a panel PC with GPIO instead of a PLC, but that was a mistake because the GPIO pins are not reliably controlled and they glitch while restarting the computer. I also used an Anaheim Automation stepper motor controller and that's been a big pain too because of poor documentation and needing to relay signals between the PLC and controller via the panel PC requires a bunch of complicated concurrency programming (to also keep a camera and GUI working.) What I've learned is that the PLC is solid from the start and my next iteration will move the motor control to it as well. It's been a good lesson, going the route I did, because I know now why to use PLCs and how the extra cost is minimal compared to the headaches of integrating dissimilar hardware. Lesson learned, time for the next beating. :) I see you have a video on contactors as well. I tore down a mill with a contactor... I had never encountered one before. I'm not embarrassed to admit it took hours to reverse engineer how that was working. And... in the end... the label on the contactor was wrong. The part was a Siemens, and the part number indicated the coil auxiliary contact (for seal-in) as NC but the labeling on the contactor said NO. Electrically, the part number on the part was wrong. My guess is that this was a rejected part bought cheap. Have a Happy New Year!

[@ibrahimmarouf3560]

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Man you're class!!! ❤️❤️

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Great job man thank you!

[@plchero8370]

Nice explanation!

[@AJ-et3vf]

great video sir! Thank you!

[@angelicacolon1012]

Thank you!!!! You are awsome!

[@todd_2692]

Good video! Thank you!

[@FireguyNtx]

Wow, after years of not sinking in, finally, you drilled it home with the facts. To me its like a light switch that the light being on has nothing to do with the what position the switch is in (contacts open or closed), but the instruction you tell it, to be on or off. Thanks again for the no nonsense lecture. I must admit, the terminology is weird as shit, and sometimes means the opposite of what you think it does.

[@jean-claudenjeckforty4757]

Yes you are right, but the truth is that they are using four types of contacts, two normally close and two normally open. For the first two normally close contact one will close if it receives a signal and will open if there is no signal and the other will remain open when there is signal and only open when there is no signal.

[@imho2278]

I'm just going to think of break as being like a not gate.

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Love it very strict open urs eyes no day drams in my video you thanks. Teaches now days are mess

[@jean-claudenjeckforty4757]

Thanks very much sir, I am glad to be one of your students. But from what I can grabs from the lecture is that the hardware inside the plc or the contacts inside the plc are mosfet transistors. Because there are two classes of mosfets, those that when a signal voltage is present they close their contact allowing current to flow from the emitter to the drain. And those that when they are having a signal they instead open and allow no flow of current. And vis vesa. Thanks again for your time.

[@josefaschwanden1502]

The "emmiter" on a mosfet is called source.

[@PoconoPlaces]

very good instructor

[@lavaltinyan6679]

Very good explain on electric hydraulic

[@joshuajavier5158]

Thank you for you videos Sir I learned a lot and Make my Basic Solid in Plc programming. Hope you have Advance PLC Programming too..

[@ronaldjohnson4470]

Great tutorial, thank you.

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his voice reminds me of Matthew McConaughey and makes me wanna rewatch interstellar again. Great video btw

[@MrSmokedies]

Matthew McKindaGay

[@nathenfarmer5625]

This so cool!!

[@lamecanicadetim624]

Muchas gracias por el esfuerzo.

[@bigbadtech]

De nada.

[@maliev6092]

thx nice job

[@DrDicksonKChembe]

I recommend this video

[@nglistrik]

Great, thanks

[@MotoTrackSide]

thanks Jim!!!

[@mwangimicha]

9:50 😂 😂 😂 Really helpful

[@7783786]

Thanks From Admin and All , Kindly share a video about how to interface between real schematic of customer (Hydro power Generator) to PLC.

[@quangho8120]

Coming from a CS background, this is kinda straightforward and natural way of thinking about make and break. I don't get why people are confused because of this?

[@bigbadtech]

Tell me about it! I'm surmising the confusion comes from an inability to separate the electro-mechanical nature of a field input device from a programmed instruction. Add to this confusion the somewhat dodgy terminology employed by some leading manufacturers (AB, Siemens, etc. I'm looking at you!). I've made a lot of people angry by pointing out this error in terminology.

[@quangho8120]

@@bigbadtech Oh and btw, I just spent the past several hours binge watching your videos (nice work btw, really dig into them) and the complexity of all of this so far is ... astoundingly less than CS. I don't want to come off as arrogant or anything, but it seems like I can just pick up several books in the automation industry over several days and get a job right away. Also it seems to me that I can make PLCs much cheaper than what they are offering (some of them cost on the order of $1k, such madness) and I don't understand why there hasn't anyone make it cheaper? I tried looking on forums why people prefer this over let's say a variant of hardened arduino and they all say that it lasts long, impervious to electrical noise, 24/7 tech support, simple interface that everyone understands. But like, it seems that someone can just take the basics of microcontrollers and hit all of the above goals, and the cost would be less than say $50. So yeah, am I missing out on something? Am I not appreciating some difficulty in entering the automation market and not appreaciating the difficulty to turn a microcontroller to an industry-friendly PLC but with much less cost?

[@chalafekadu4687]

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