Customer Reviews

Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers

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4 star:		(3)
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1 star:		(2)

 

 

I teach a basic course in programmable logic controllers. I have found this book to be a dream come true. While there are a lot of books out today dealing with PLCs most of them fall far short of this book. This is the first book that I have found that covers "Documenting Your System" which is a very important subject that has been ignored by other authors. I highly recommended this book.

What the publisher's blurb and the other reviews DON"T say is that this is a LAB MANUAL! If you don't have the appropiate software it's value is very limited. I will be returning it to exchange for a real "Intro to PLC's".

This book really introduces you to fundamentals of PLC through the major PLC 's manufacturer products and furthermore the easiest way to learn how to programming them. If you are a student, sales, engineer, or technical individuals who now acquainting with the PLCs just you can buy `Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers' book and Gary Dunning going to tell you 'What the PLC is.' and how you can programming them. After you've read this book you are really become a "do it yourself" PLC Expert and able to planing and doing some different Programmable Logic Controls just you can get a PLC instruments.

Excellent for getting a good training on PLCs. First half is general PLCs and second half mostly SLC500. This is the main book, not the Lab Manual. You can order the lab manual that has the large words "Lab Manual" on the cover. Just to be sure I requested NOT getting the lab manual. I also keep this book at work for ref book.

I recommend this book to my students who are getting started in PLC programming. It is a good beginner's book but more advanced readers will be disappointed. The reason I did not give it five stars is because the book is a little too pricey for basically being a lab manual. With this book and the PLC drivers at http://www.vhmiautomation.com/PLCCD.html my students have had great success with interfacing to various PLCs also.

This book was more than worn and had extensive ink written notes through the whole book. Chapter questions had been answered.

This is a LAB Manual. It is no good unless you have the software that goes along with it. I will be returning it.