FM Engine Controls COURSE 

Accelerate your mastery of engine control systems with a hands-on course built for today’s—and yesterday’s—engines. The Engine Controls Course takes you from foundational safety and instrumentation through PLC programming, HMI operation, and real-world troubleshooting, so you can keep legacy and modern platforms running reliably and efficiently. Bring your engine controls from black box to open book. Enroll now to gain practical, cross-platform skills that deliver safer operations, faster troubleshooting, and measurable performance gains.

course Details

• • • • • Safety and fundamentals: General/electrical safety practices essential for controls work.
        • Instrumentation and sensors: RTDs, thermocouples, pressure sensors, position indicators, solenoids, relays, and speed sensing—how they work, how they fail, and how to verify signals.
        • Digital/electronic circuits: Boolean logic, digital/analog I/O, and circuit building on breadboards to understand real signals and behaviors.
        • PLC fundamentals: Hardware and software essentials, ladder logic, 4–20 mA loops, and PID tuning for stable, high-performance control.
        • Engine control systems: HMI navigation, control system architecture, SaCoS (intro), Local Engine Control Panel (LECP), and Logiciel Exploitation Engine Controller (LEEC).
        • Legacy vs. modern controls: Compare and work with ALCO, OP, and PC systems to bridge gaps across generations of equipment.

        Hands-on labs

        • Identify and map control components and signal types.
        • Tune and adjust systems and sensors for optimal response.
        • Troubleshoot sensors, control components, and I/O issues using practical methods.

        Competencies developed

        • Read, interpret, and validate control signals end-to-end.
        • Configure PLC I/O, interpret ladder logic, and 4–20 mA loops.
        • Optimize control loops with PID tuning and diagnose instability.
        • Operate HMIs and interface confidently with LECP, LEEC, and SaCoS-based systems.
        • Troubleshoot sensor and controls faults quickly to improve uptime and reliability.