Door Locking System

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Problem Statement:

Design a PLC ladder logic for the following application.

We are using two buttons and one Sensor to control the door-locking system.

When the lock button is pressed, the doors should lock and when the unlock button is pressed, the doors remain unlocked for 10 seconds and then get locked. The doors should not lock if there is someone at the door.

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I/O List

Digital Inputs:

Lock Button: I0.0

Unlock Button : I0.1

Sensor: I0.2

Digital Outputs:

Doors: Q0.0

Ladder Logic

Door Locking System - PLC Applications Examples

Program Description

We have used Normally Open Contacts for Lock Button (I0.0), Unlock button (I0.1) and Memory Bits.

We have used Normally Closed Contacts for Sensor (I0.2) and Memory Bit 2 (M1).

In Rung 0:

Normally Open Contact is used for Lock Button (I0.0) to Turn ON the output Door Lock (Q0.0).
Normally Closed Contacts are used for Sensor (I0.2) and Memory Bit 2 (M1) to turn OFF the output Door Lock (Q0.0).
The output Door Lock (Q0.0) is latched so that when Lock Button (I0.0) turns OFF, the output Door Lock (Q0.0) still remains ON.

In Rung 1:

Normally Open Contact is used for Unlock Button (I0.1) to Turn ON Memory Bit 1 (M0).
Memory Bit 1 (M0) is latched so that Unlock Button (I0.1) turns OFF, Memory Bit 1 (M0) still remains ON.

In Rung 2:

Normally Open Contact is used for Memory Bit 1 (M0) to Turn ON Memory Bit 2 (M1).
Timer TP is used to Turn ON Memory Bit 2 (M1) for limited time.

PLC Logic Simulation

Lets test our PLC logic and check the results.

When Lock Button is Pressed

When Lock Button (I0.0) is pressed, the output Door Lock (Q0.0) turns ON (Doors will Lock) as Normally Open Contact used for Lock Button (I0.0) will be in True state and passes the signal to turn On the output Door Lock (Q0.0).

In false state, Normally Closed Contacts used for Sensor (Q0.2) and Memory Bit 2 (M1) will also allow the signal to flow through it and the output (Q0.0) will turn ON (Doors will Lock).

When Unlock Button is Pressed

When Unlock Button (I0.1) is pressed,Lock Unlock Door For Home AutomationMemory Bit 1 (M0) turns ON in Rung1. Memory Bit 1 (M0) is latched so that when Unlock Button (I0.1) turns OFF, Memory Bit 1 (M0) still remains ON.

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When Memory Bit 1 (M0) turns ON in Rung1, Normally Open Contact used for Memory Bit 1 (M0) in Rung2 will be in True State and will pass the signal to turn ON Memory Bit 2 (M1) but only for 10 seconds as Timer Function Block type TP is used to turn ON the Memory Bit 2 (M1) for Limited time. The time is set to 10 seconds.

After 10 seconds, Memory Bit 2 (M1) will turn OFF. When Memory Bit 2 (M1) turns ON in Rung2, Normally Closed Contact used for Memory bit 2 (M1) will be in True State and does not allow signal to pass through it.

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Then, the Output Door Lock (Q0.0) will turn OFF (Doors will Unlock). In Rung2, when Timer Function Block type TP reaches its set time i.e. 10 seconds, Memory Bit 2 (M1) will turn OFF in both Rung2 and Rung0.

When Memory Bit 2 (M1) turns OFF in Rung0 i.e. when Memory Bit 2 (M1) turn OFF in Rung2, Normally Closed Contact used Memory Bit 2 (M1) in Rung0 will be in False state and allow the signal to pass through it and the output Door Lock (Q0.0) will turn ON (Doors will Lock).

When Sensor detects someone at the Door

In Rung0, When sensor (I0.2) gets activated (Sensor detects someone at Door), Normally Closed Contact used for Sensor (I0.2) will be in True state and signal will not pass through it. Then, the output Door Lock (Q0.0) will remain ON till the sensor deactivates (Doors will remains unlocked).

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