As discussed in the previous issue of our newsletter, Champion makes it a priority to maintain a high level of technical excellence. With this goal in mind, the Champion Technical Community released a “PLC Programming Best Practices” document to establish company-wide guidelines for PLC tag naming, commenting, program structure, and basic programming principles. These best practices will not only promote consistency throughout the Champion automation group but will also help quickly familiarize new employees with our PLC programming guidelines. In addition to these general programming guidelines, the Champion Technical Community is considering developing programming guidelines for commonly used platforms such as Allen-Bradley/Rockwell, Siemens, and GE.

The Champion Technical Community utilized feedback from their respective offices along with established professional standards (such as ISA standards) to collaborate and create the “Champion PLC Programming Best Practices” document. Please download this document and reference it for future projects, CS-20-PLC-Programming-Best-Practices-0.

As a reminder, please continue to contribute to the Technical Community Toolbox on SharePoint. Contact the appropriate Technical Community representative with any questions or input for the Toolbox.

Below is a list of Champion’s Technical Community representatives:

Rocky Mountain
Avram Neal
Houston Automation
Dan Ward
Lake Charles
Scott Thompson
Baton Rouge (for DCS)
Joe Driver
Baton Rouge (other than DCS)
Greg Hopkins
New Orleans
Nickolas Kidder