FAWZAN is a complete industrial automation training institute. Learn Siemens, Allen-Bradley and ABB systems through structured courses, then prove every concept inside live simulators — ladder logic, tank-farm SCADA and a full instrumentation loop bench. No hardware needed. No gaps left.
Industry doesn't run on one brand. FAWZAN trains you across the platforms you'll actually meet on site, with dedicated tracks for each.
S7-1200 / S7-1500, TIA Portal, LAD & SCL, WinCC, PROFINET, PCS 7 concepts.
ControlLogix & CompactLogix, Studio 5000, tag-based addressing, FactoryTalk View, EtherNet/IP.
System 800xA, AC800M, Control Builder M, plus Honeywell Experion & Yokogawa CENTUM orientation.
Every track follows the same discipline used to commission a real plant: understand, configure, simulate, test, certify.
Vendor-accurate lessons with enforced quizzes — and a searchable Field Guide explaining every element from NO contacts to MOS bypasses. Stuck? Search the guide.
A real scan-cycle PLC in five vendor environments, tank SCADA, calibration bench, DCS faceplate, HART handheld, a WinCC-style SCADA Studio, an Experion-style DCS station and the SPI lifecycle workbench.
Nine guided example builds with exact steps, then nine assessments where you get only a spec and acceptance criteria — the way work arrives on a real site.
Pass every module and the final exam for a verifiable certificate — and generate a full student transcript covering courses, lab exercises and project completion.
Start with PLC Fundamentals, then branch into vendor and discipline tracks.
Six tracks covering the full industrial automation stack — from relay logic to Industry 4.0. Recommended order is top-left to bottom-right, but every track is self-contained.
Everything runs in simulation mode in your browser — the same way you'd test logic in PLCSIM or Studio 5000 Emulate before touching hardware.
Build rungs with NO/NC contacts, coils, on-delay timers and up-counters. Toggle inputs live and watch power flow. Includes classic exercises: seal-in, interlock, star-delta timing, batch counter.
Operate a live tank level loop: pump, control valve, PID auto/manual, HI-HI & LO alarms with acknowledge, and a real-time trend — modelled on ISA-101 HMI style.
The 4–20 mA universe: range a transmitter, convert PV ↔ mA ↔ %, run a 5-point calibration check against tolerance, and see pass/fail like a real loop check sheet.
Operate an 800xA-style PID faceplate on a live flow loop: MAN/AUTO mode, setpoint entry, output in manual, PV bar with alarm limits, and acknowledge — the daily bread of a DCS panel operator.
A WinCC-style engineering environment: tag database with signal generators, drag-and-drop mimic designer, alarm management, trend historian with replay and CSV export, role-based users with audit trail, and a per-scan script engine.
The full DCS workflow on a live heater unit: redundant server & FTE architecture with failover drills, Control Builder loop configuration (single, cascade, ratio), operator faceplates, an ESD cause & effect matrix with bypass testing and first-out, plus auto-checked training exercises.
INtools-style project workflow: instrument index, ISA datasheets, hook-up drawings with material take-off, marshalling loop diagrams, calibration with error injection, DCS point mapping, gated end-to-end loop checks, and an auto-generated handover dossier.
A 475-style handheld connected to a smart pressure transmitter: browse the device menu, re-range LRV/URV, run a 4–12–20 mA loop test, and perform a D/A trim exactly as you would in the field.
FAWZAN's labs mirror these official environments. When you move to licensed software, this is the simulation setup for each major make:
| MAKE | DOMAIN | OFFICIAL SIMULATOR | EXACT SETUP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siemens | PLC | S7-PLCSIM / PLCSIM Advanced | TIA Portal → select PLC → Start simulation (Online menu) → PLCSIM instance boots a virtual S7-1200/1500 → download → RUN → monitor with watch tables. PLCSIM Advanced adds a full virtual CPU with real PROFINET access for HMI/SCADA co-simulation. |
| Siemens | SCADA/HMI | WinCC Runtime Simulation | In TIA Portal select the HMI → Start simulation: WinCC Runtime launches the panel on your PC, connected to PLCSIM — full alarms, trends and scripts without hardware. |
| Rockwell | PLC | Studio 5000 Logix Emulate | Create an Emulate controller in FactoryTalk Linx/RSLinx (virtual chassis, slot 1 emulator + slot 2 comms) → in Studio 5000 set the path to the emulator → download → RUN. Program behaves exactly like a ControlLogix, minus real I/O (use the I/O-simulation module in the virtual chassis). |
| Rockwell | SCADA/HMI | FactoryTalk View SE/ME + Test Display | View Studio → Test Display runs any screen live against the emulator; ME projects run full panels in the ME Station simulator on your PC. |
| ABB | DCS | 800xA SoftController | Control Builder M → download the application to a SoftController (virtual AC800M on your PC) → operate from 800xA Operations graphics and faceplates exactly as on real hardware. |
| Emerson | DCS | DeltaV Simulate (Pro/Standalone) | A full DeltaV database runs against simulated controllers; used for FAT, operator training and control checkout before commissioning. |
| Honeywell | DCS/OTS | Experion + UniSim Design/Operations | Experion controllers run in simulation nodes; UniSim provides the high-fidelity process model — the standard operator-training-simulator (OTS) pairing. |
| Yokogawa | DCS | CENTUM VP Virtual Test Function / OmegaLand | FCS logic executes in a virtual test environment on the engineering PC; OmegaLand supplies the dynamic plant model for full OTS. |
| Schneider | PLC | EcoStruxure Machine Expert / Control Expert simulators | Built-in PLC simulator: build → Start simulator → download and debug with animation tables (M580/M241 targets). |
| Emerson / field | Instrumentation | AMS Device Manager, 475/Trex handhelds | HART device connected across a 250 Ω loop resistor → communicator polls address 0 → device menu: re-range, loop test, sensor & D/A trim. Beamex MC6/CMX pairs the same workflow with documented calibration. |
Pick a tool, type a tag (or leave blank for an auto tag), then tap a grid cell to place it. Each rung has a branch row beneath it — elements placed there run in parallel (OR) with the main row above, with automatic connectors, exactly like drawing a branch on paper. Tap with ✕ ERASE to remove. Press RUN and toggle the input switches below.
LT-101 measures level, LIC-101 drives inlet valve LV-101 in AUTO. A constant outflow drains the tank; pump P-101 supplies the inlet. Try AUTO vs MANUAL, force a high level and acknowledge the alarm.
Left: live 4–20 mA transmitter simulator — set the range, apply a process value, read the loop current. Right: run a 5-point calibration check (0-25-50-75-100 %) and get a pass/fail verdict against your tolerance, exactly like a field calibration sheet.
mA = 4 + 16 × (PV − LRV) / (URV − LRV). Live zero (4 mA) lets you detect a broken loop — 0 mA means wire break, not 0 %.An 800xA-style PidCC faceplate on a live flow loop. In AUTO the PID drives control valve FV-201 to hold the flow at SP; in MAN you own the output. High-flow alarm at 90 m³/h, low at 10.
Build a live SCADA project the way an integrator does: define tags, draw the mimic, configure alarms, watch trends, and script the process — then flip to RUNTIME and operate it. Logged in as engineer.
A fired-heater unit under full DCS control: feed tank LT-100, pump P-100, fuel valve FV-101 and outlet temperature TT-102. Configure the strategies in Control Builder, operate from faceplates, and prove the safety layer in the ESD matrix.
A 475-style handheld hooked across the 250 Ω loop resistor of smart pressure transmitter PT-205. Navigate with the numbered menu, exactly like the field device menu tree.
The full instrumentation engineering lifecycle on Unit-100: index the instruments, write their datasheets, engineer the hook-ups, generate loop diagrams, calibrate, map to the DCS, prove every loop end-to-end, and hand over the dossier. Each phase gates the next — the discipline is the lesson.
Nine guided example projects with exact build steps in the labs, and nine assessment projects where you get only the specification and acceptance criteria — the way work arrives on a real site. Do the example in each pair first, then prove yourself on the test.
The complete walkthrough of everything in FAWZAN's labs: what each element is, what it does, and a ten-second way to try it. Use the search box — type "NC", "cascade", "span error", anything.
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