ORMEC Training Classes

ORMEC Training Courses

ORMEC established its Training Department to offer a valuable service to our customers. ORMEC conducts formal courses for engineers and technicians interested in electronic motion control. These courses provide quality instruction on servo control technology, application development, system design and troubleshooting. Click below for information on specific courses:

IEC 61131-3 Training Course (PLCopen Certified)
Advanced SMLC Application Development Course
ORION Application Development
ORION Maintenance & Troubleshooting

ORMEC’s training courses are held on a regular schedule in Rochester, NY, and are conducted classroom style combining lecture, discussion, and lab sessions. The labs are popular confidence builders with our students as they reinforce the course materials through "hands-on" interaction with the motion control hardware and software. Some of the things you can learn from these classes include the following:

How to use IEC 61131-3 (beginner course)
How to program the SMLC useing IEC 61131-3 (advanced course)
How to program the Orion and GEN3 Controllers (MotionBASIC, MotionDesk)
How to set up the G-Series Drive (UltraTools)
How to maintain the SMLC
How to maintain the Orion
How to maintain the GEN3

There are several places where one might stay while in Rochester, NY, for an ORMEC Training Course. The Training Department has made arrangements with three area hotels to provide ORMEC Training Students with special rates and room availability. Reservations should be made early (more than 10 business days before the class start date) to guarantee availability.

On-Site Courses

As an alternative to attending classes in Rochester, NY, customers may arrange for On-Site classes held at their own facilities. The On-Site training service becomes economically feasible when a large group at a customer location requires maintenance or programming training. Often maintenance training sessions benefit when the training course is tailored to the customer’s application. Customized training services are available from ORMEC, and can be arranged by contacting the Training Department.

TO REGISTER: Call ORMEC's training registrar at (585) 385-3520. Class size is limited, so do not delay if you are interested in signing up for a class!

ORMEC's approach to motion control training provides a blend of classroom instruction and hands-on experience with high performance electronic motion control systems.

IEC 61131-3 Training Course (PLCopen Certified)

TRN-IEC

This three (3) day class for control system designers and engineers programming in IEC 61131-3. An overview of IEC 61131-3 will be presented which includes the advantages of this international accepted open standard. Students will be introduced to the CoDeSys development environment and PLCopen Motion Control function blocks. Students completing this course will be able to read and understand an IEC 61131-3 program, know which language features are IEC compliant and which are vendor specific. ORMEC's ServoWire Pro configuration utility and standard program framework, which simplifies new application program development and organization, are also covered. A syllabus for the IEC 61131-3 Training course is available.

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Advanced SMLC Application Development Course

TRN-SMLC-ADV

This new three (3) day class is a concentrated course for control system designers, engineers, and programmers. The prerequisites are completion of ORMEC's IEC 61131-3 Training Course, or equivalent IEC 61131-3 experience. In addition, familiarity with ServoWire Pro and with the CoDeSys IDE is assumed. The course covers application program design (with the emphasis on program structure and language selection), the design and development of functions and function blocks, data structure, debug tools and methods, HMI interfacing, I/O and communication topics, including factory networks. Motion topics include servo tuning, programmable limit switches, motion queues, cams/profiles and electronic gearing. Students completing this course will be able to develop and debug machine control programs written for ORMEC's SMLC motion controller family. A syllabus for the Advanced SMLC Application Development course is available.

(This course is generally not recommended for technicians, electricians or those interested in learning only general capabilities or maintenance of SMLC systems.)

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ORION Application Development Course

TRN-ORN-DV

This five (5) day class is a concentrated course for control system designers, engineers, and programmers. In this class the student develops an entire application project from start to finish. ORION motion controller architecture and hardware are emphasized as well as ServoWire Drives. The student uses MotionDesk programming environment software to configure and program an application which increases in complexity as the class progresses. At class conclusion the finished project includes a multi-threaded application program which runs independent machines with an error handler that implements failure recovery and error logging. The finished application also features a touch-panel HMI as well as network communications.

(This course is generally not recommended for technicians, electricians or those interested in learning only general capabilities or maintenance of MB systems.)

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ORION Maintenance & Troubleshooting Course

TRN-MNT-V5

This two and one-half (2½) day class is ideal for technicians who will maintain ORION motion control systems. ORION hardware and architecture are covered with an introduction to pertinent programming commands. Students perform the steps necessary to pinpoint failed components, and restart a system. Students should acquire the confidence and ability to locate problem hardware in an ORION application. Both MotionPRO & MotionDesk programming environments are covered --- providing skills to support systems using traditional analog drives and ORMEC’s latest ServoWire drive technology.

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