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Process lab · Level 10 of 10

Connect the panel to the PLC

Level 10 of 10 in the Process lab: a free process control exercise at Intermediate level, which takes about 55 minutes. Bind a touch panel to a PLC tag table: addresses, data types, momentary buttons, limits, alarms and comms loss. Prove it on the live skid with a numbered FAT.

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Free · no download · about 55 minutes. Your work is saved on this device. Updated 18 Oct 2026.

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Connect the panel to the PLC

The brief

Industry
Water treatment
Task code
PRC-10
Difficulty
Intermediate
Type of work
Practice

Bind a touch panel to a PLC tag table: addresses, data types, momentary buttons, limits, alarms and comms loss. Prove it on the live skid with a numbered FAT.

What the test checks

The acceptance test marks the skills this level practises.

In this lab

  • P&ID, loop check and calibration bench
  • PID tuning with step tests
  • Alarms and an operator screen

Levels in the Process lab

Previous: Plant data to the dashboard: Modbus, OPC UA and MQTT

  1. Read the P&ID
  2. Loop check
  3. Calibrate a pressure transmitter
  4. Tune the level loop
  5. Flow loop and control valve
  6. Alarm rationalisation
  7. Build an operator screen
  8. Site acceptance and fault finding
  9. Plant data to the dashboard: Modbus, OPC UA and MQTT
  10. Connect the panel to the PLC

Part of the Process lab

Read the P&ID, check and calibrate instruments, tune loops and run a plant from a control room.

About the Process lab

Feeds these internships: Instrumentation and Process Control, Commissioning and Maintenance, SCADA and HMI, PLC Programming.