{"product_id":"plc-programming-with-studio-5000-codebait-publishing-9798171078829","title":"PLC Programming with Studio 5000 Logix Designer: A Practical Guide to CompactLogix and ControlLogix Programming, Ladder Logic, I\/O, and Troubleshootin","description":"\u003cp\u003eA machine on the plant floor stops running, and the technician standing in front of it has two choices: guess, or read the actual decision logic that is supposed to be controlling it. \u003cb\u003eThis book is written for the second technician.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost people trying to learn industrial controller programming run into one of two extremes. On one side is the introductory course that explains what a contact and a coil are and stops well short of a real machine. On the other is manufacturer reference documentation: accurate and complete, but written for someone who already knows exactly what question to ask. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book closes that gap by teaching programming and troubleshooting as one connected skill rather than two separate subjects. A single recurring fictional training system - a small blend-and-fill process with pumps, a conveyor, tanks, and both digital and analog instruments - carries every concept from the first chapter through a complete guided build, so each new idea is applied to equipment you already understand. Organized into ten parts and twenty-two chapters, every chapter follows the same structure: what the concept is, how it appears in the programming software, how it connects to a physical field device, and what it looks like when something goes wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside, you will learn to: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eBuild ladder logic from the ground up, including contacts, coils, seal-in circuits, latching logic, and the timing pulses used to catch a single event correctly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eOrganize a real project the way experienced programmers do, using tag-based data, documented data types, arrays, and reusable code blocks instead of guesswork and cryptic addresses.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eApply timers, counters, and comparison instructions correctly, and design simple multi-step machine sequences using a state-machine approach so a process's current phase is stored in one place rather than re-derived by every piece of logic that needs it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eWire and configure both digital and analog field devices, including the scaling math that turns a raw transmitter signal into a usable engineering value.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eWork safely and confidently online: telling an upload from a download apart, monitoring live values, using trending to catch a problem a single snapshot would miss, and understanding exactly what a forced value does and why it is dangerous to leave one in place.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eApply a repeatable, evidence-based, nine-step troubleshooting method to dozens of realistic fault scenarios, learning to isolate a problem to the field device, the wiring, the communication path, the configuration, the logic, or the controller itself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eWork through six guided programming projects of increasing complexity, each with its own problem statement, input\/output list, tested logic, and a deliberately introduced fault to diagnose.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey topics covered\u003c\/b\u003e include ladder logic and program organization; tag-based data, arrays, and reusable code structures; timers, counters, and comparison\/math instructions; sequencing and state-machine design; digital and analog input\/output with signal scaling; industrial network-based distributed I\/O; safe online operation, forcing, and trending; a structured nine-step troubleshooting framework\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis book is written for industrial electricians and maintenance technicians moving into PLC support, controls technicians and programmers who want a structured path into a modern ladder-logic programming environment, instrumentation technicians, system integrators and plant maintenance personnel, and mechatronics or engineering students and apprentices building a foundation before or alongside formal coursework. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOpen the book and start building the connected skill this field actually runs on: writing correct control logic, and knowing exactly how to find out why it isn't working.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Codebait Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798171078829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.92d","brand":"Codebait Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50847672664319,"sku":"9798171078829","price":75.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b0d8f80-a7a9-4ce9-ac7f-e7390d04a652.jpg?v=1793283399","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plc-programming-with-studio-5000-codebait-publishing-9798171078829","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}