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Olushola Akande
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Olushola Akande

Olushola Akande is an industrial automation and robotics expert with over 10 years of experience in the design and development of automation and robotics-related projects. He is an industrial automation trainer and consultant with a passion for driving industries to achieve greater results by doing work more accurately with less effort of human control. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Showlight Technologies Limited, an industrial automation, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) training and servicing company in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a member of the Schneider Electric team involved in the installation of Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSSs), which includes high-integrity PLCs, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, and distributed control systems (DCSs) at the largest oil refinery in Africa (Dangote Oil Refinery) at Lekki Free Zone, Lagos, Nigeria.
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Using the SET and RESET instructions

The SET and RESET instructions are two important instructions used in ladder diagram programming. They are both output (coil/assignment) instructions.

The SET coil is energized when power is supplied to it via an input (switch, sensor, or push button) and it remains SET (ON) even when the switch, sensor, or push button that supplied power to it is OFF until it is reset.

The RESET coil is de-energized (OFF) when power is supplied to it via an input (switch, sensor, or push button) and it remains OFF even when the switch, sensor, or push button that supplied power to it is OFF until it is SET.

The sample program in the following screenshot shows the SET and RESET instructions in use:

Figure 9.34 – SET and RESET program

Figure 9.34 – SET and RESET program

Note

The set/reset instruction can be added to your rung using the following steps:

On the right-hand side of the programming environment, click Instructions | Bit Logic operation...

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Olushola Akande is an industrial automation and robotics expert with over 10 years of experience in the design and development of automation and robotics-related projects. He is an industrial automation trainer and consultant with a passion for driving industries to achieve greater results by doing work more accurately with less effort of human control. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Showlight Technologies Limited, an industrial automation, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) training and servicing company in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a member of the Schneider Electric team involved in the installation of Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSSs), which includes high-integrity PLCs, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, and distributed control systems (DCSs) at the largest oil refinery in Africa (Dangote Oil Refinery) at Lekki Free Zone, Lagos, Nigeria.
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