Troubleshooting Skills Series

This simulation-based troubleshooting training system develops skills for troubleshooting all types of electrical circuits and equipment effectively and efficiently. From basic electrical circuits to control and motor circuits, the series teaches a proven troubleshooting process, providing hands-on training on a range of realistic electrical simulations.

The series includes the following titles:

Troubleshooting Electrical Circuits

Troubleshooting Control Circuits

Troubleshooting Motor Circuits

Advanced Troubleshooting Industrial Controls

Learn and practice on circuit simulations

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Safety

Learn to troubleshoot in a safe environment.

Practical Training

Develop your skill with a practical hands-on approach.

Realistic Simulations

Perform various electrical troubleshooting activities just like on real equipment.

Numerous Faults to Solve

Realistic circuit simulations and over 100 faults to solve.

Levels of Difficulty

You can choose the level of difficulty: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and for a real challenge Genius level faults.

Guided Troubleshooting

Benefit from the skills of expert troubleshooters as you are guided through sample faults.

Skill Evaluation

Assess your troubleshooting skills and determine your troubleshooting score as you progress through the programs.

Detailed Feedback

Each fault attempt is assessed and feedback given. You can even review all your progress and feedback using the in-depth reporting system.

Certificate of Completion

Receive a Certificate of Completion when you complete each program.

Available Editions

• Student Edition is for use by one person only, and is most appropriate for individuals who have a limited budget or a limited amount of time to use the software.
• Expert Edition is also for use by one person only, and is most appropriate for individuals who want more hands-on practice troubleshooting faults. This edition is an ideal tool for maintaining troubleshooting skills as it includes 50% more faults than the Student Edition.
• Business Edition is for use on standalone PCs, offers unlimited enrolment, and is most appropriate for small groups of users where minimal monitoring is required. Users have access to the complete fault set, and can print out a Progress Report as well as a Certificate of Completion.
• Enterprise Edition can be installed on a server or on standalone PCs, and is priced per concurrent user or standalone PC. This edition also includes Instructor Guides and the Course Manager Software. It is most appropriate for where an instructor or supervisor will monitor and manage the users' progress. Several types of reports and can be either exported or printed, and course options can be modified through the course management software.

Evaluating Skill

Track the development of your troubleshooting skills with comprehensive evaluation for each fault and the entire program.

A detailed assessment for each fault attempt will help you perfect your troubleshooting methods and techniques.

Monitor your progress with your Overall Skill Rating as you strengthen your troubleshooting abilities.

Continual feedback will keep you on track and your Overall Summary will help determine areas for improvement.

Valuable Resources

Includes essential resources to help you better understand the troubleshooting process and provide you with the most effective troubleshooting training.

System Operation Manual

Schematic and Wiring Diagrams

Troubleshooting Flowchart and Worksheets

Comprehensive Help System

Printable Certificate of Completion

Instructor Resources (available with the Enterprise Edition) includes an Administration Program, Instructor Guide, and Reports

Available with North American and European Standards

Customizable regional settings allow you to use either North American or European standards. Includes region specific circuit diagrams.

troubleshooting electrical circuits

Learn and practice proven techniques for effective electrical troubleshooting with this realistic lighting circuit simulation. Enhance your troubleshooting training with hours of hands-on learning and practice to develop and maintain essential troubleshooting skills.

Learn a proven troubleshooting process with the Systematic Troubleshooting Approach.

Master effective testing methods and techniques for troubleshooting electrical circuits.

Perfect your troubleshooting process with continual training and practice in a safe environment.

Objectives

With this program you will develop the fundamental skills required to safely troubleshoot electrical circuits.

Learn a proven, efficient troubleshooting process with the Systematic Troubleshooting Approach.

Learn the right techniques for using a meter safely.

Become skilled at a variety of methods for finding opens and shorts in electrical circuits.

Understand how typical components function in electrical circuits.

Develop the ability to use diagrams to determine how circuits work and to locate components and connections in all types of electrical equipment.

About the Electrical Circuit Simulations

There are several types of practice circuit simulations where you will learn and apply techniques for finding faults using a multimeter.

Learn and practice specific testing methods for finding opens and shorts on basic electrical circuits.

Gain experience using these techniques as you find and repair circuit defects on a variety of practice fault scenarios. The lighting circuit simulation puts you in a realistic environment to develop, practice, and refine your new troubleshooting skills.

The lighting circuit simulation puts you in a realistic environment to develop, practice, and refine your new troubleshooting skills.

• Guided faults coach you through the most effective and efficient process for troubleshooting faults.
• Practice faults help improve your troubleshooting techniques by providing hints and feedback.
• Skill Test faults put your skills to the test without any assistance during the troubleshooting process.

troubleshooting control circuits

Learn and practice proven techniques for effective electrical troubleshooting with these realistic control circuit simulations. Enhance your troubleshooting training with hours of hands-on learning and practice to develop and maintain control circuit troubleshooting skills.

Learn the fundamentals of how control circuits and their components operate.

Master the most effective techniques and methods for finding faults on control circuit faults.

Perfect your control circuit troubleshooting process with continual practice in a safe environment.

Objectives

This program will help you develop the skills to safely and efficiently troubleshoot all types of control circuits.

Learn 10 valuable tips for troubleshooting all types of electrical equipment, including finding malfunctions caused by multiple component failures and locating intermittent faults.

Improve your technique for troubleshooting faults on control circuits.

Learn how control circuits and their typical components such as relays, transformers, pushbuttons, switches and more operate.

Become skilled at diagnosing and repairing control circuit faults.

Develop the ability to use diagrams to determine the function and operation of control circuits and how to locate components and connections.

Two Unique Control Circuit Simulations

The first circuit simulation consists of a transformer, a fuse, several relays, switches, and lights. With this simulation you will be coached through the troubleshooting process on two guided faults and then be given the opportunity to solve six different practice exercise faults.

Learn how to apply the Systematic Troubleshooting Approach to control circuits.

Explore how the components work and learn techniques for finding circuit defects.

Gain experience identifying and repairing control circuit faults.

The electric door lock circuit is a more complex simulation that puts you in a realistic environment where you will develop, practice, and refine your control circuit troubleshooting skills.

• Guided faults coach you through the most effective and efficient process for troubleshooting faults.
• Practice faults help improve your troubleshooting techniques by providing hints and feedback.
• Skill Test faults put your skills to the test without any assistance during the troubleshooting process and provide feedback to help you improve your skills.

troubleshooting motor circuits

Learn and practice proven techniques for effective electrical troubleshooting with this industrial garage door simulation. Enhance your troubleshooting training with hours of hands-on learning and practice to develop and maintain motor circuit troubleshooting skills. Using Troubleshooting Motor Circuits, you will develop the ability to troubleshoot motor circuits safely and efficiently.

This program covers how three-phase motors, motor control circuits, and their components work. With several motor lab simulations, you will learn about basic motor concepts such as starting current, locked rotor current, and load current. The garage door simulation puts you in a realistic environment where you will develop, practice, and refine your motor circuit troubleshooting skills.

Learn the fundamentals of how motor circuits and their components operate.

Master the most effective techniques and methods for finding motor circuit faults.

Perfect your motor circuit troubleshooting process with continual practice in a safe environment.

Objectives

With this program you will develop the necessary skills required to safely troubleshoot motor circuits.

Discover how three-phase motors operate and learn about their winding connections.

Learn about motor control circuits and the basics of how they work.

Understand how typical motor control components function.

Become skilled at diagnosing and troubleshooting motor circuit faults.

Develop the ability to use diagrams to determine how motor circuits work and to locate components and connections in all types of electrical equipment.

About the Motor Circuit Simulations

There are two lab simulations where you will learn about motors, motor circuits, and motor circuit components.

Learn about basic motor concepts such as starting current, locked rotor current, and the effects of varying load.

Explore how the components work and learn techniques for finding circuit defects.

Gain experience identifying and repairing motor circuit faults.

Garage door circuit simulation

The garage door circuit simulation puts you in a realistic environment where you will develop, practice, and refine your motor circuit troubleshooting skills.

• Guided faults coach you through the most effective and efficient process for troubleshooting faults.
• Practice faults help improve your troubleshooting techniques by providing hints and feedback.
• Skill Test faults put your skills to the test without any assistance during the troubleshooting process and provide feedback to help you improve your skills.

advanced troubleshooting industrial controls

Learn how to troubleshoot complex industrial control systems and take your skills to the next level. With Troubleshooting Industrial Controls you will learn advanced troubleshooting techniques for typical industrial control systems.

This award-winning program includes components such as pumps, agitators, heaters, motors, selector switches, relays, timers, and many more. You will gain experience troubleshooting a wide range of defects on this realistic fluid processing system simulation.

This advanced troubleshooting program is designed for students and electrical/maintenance personnel who already have a good understanding of electrical systems. It is ideally suited for use:

• In organizations who wish to improve the troubleshooting skills of their electrical and maintenance personnel.
• In advanced electrical courses and programs providing experience with complex systems.

Program Features

Troubleshoot faults on an advanced control system simulation.

Develop safe work practices while troubleshooting.

Learn new troubleshooting techniques and processes for solving faults.

Over 50 challenging faults to solve.

Get detailed feedback on your troubleshooting process and comprehensive evaluation of your troubleshooting skills.

Instructor resources to help integrate the software into a course.

Main simulator window showing zoomed-in views of some of the system components

Simulation Features

The lifelike simulation includes all the tools normally used to troubleshoot this type of equipment.

Realistic actions such as taking meter readings, removing wires, and inspecting and replacing components are all standard features.

Modeled on real equipment, the behavior of the system and components is accurate under normal and faulty conditions, even when wires are disconnected.

A powerful Observation tool allows for complete analysis of the system and its operation.

Accurate equipment models ensure that readings taken in the simulation are virtually the same as readings taken on real equipment.

A powerful Observation tool allows for comprehensive analysis of the system and its operation.

Customizable regional settings for either North American or European standards, including component ratings and circuit drawings. This option affects the design standards used for the simulation, the system voltage levels, and the circuit drawings found throughout the program.

About the Industrial Control Simulations

This is a realistic simulation of an industrial process for mixing and processing liquids. The simulated system uses 480 volts AC 3 phase for its power portion, consisting of:

Pump, Agitator, and Heaters

Motors and Transformers

Contactors and Overloads

The control portion of the system consists of a variety of components typically found in industrial control systems such as:

Temperature, Float and Selector Switches

Relays, Timers and Pushbuttons

Solenoid Valves, Fuses, Indicators, Wiring, Terminal Blocks and Wire Connectors

This troubleshooting simulator has over 30 faults to solve. These faults simulate both electrical and mechanical failures. Users can interact with the simulation just like a real system. They can:

Operate the system remotely or locally.

Take voltage, resistance and current readings with a multimeter.

Inspect, repair and replace components.

Disconnect and ring out wires.

Troubleshooting the System - This simulation contains many types of defects designed to give the user practice on a wide range of potential problems. Typical types of failures are:

Opens in components or wiring

Shorts in components or wiring

Defects in component mechanisms

Overloaded and defective three-phase motors and protective equipment

Opens and shorts in three-phase circuits

Defective mechanical components

Faults are organized into Basic, Intermediate and Advanced difficulty levels. Each level has three types of faults: Guided, Practice, and Skill Test.

• Guided faults coach the user through the most effective and efficient process for troubleshooting faults. This is a great place for learning valuable tips and techniques.
• Practice faults help improve the user's troubleshooting techniques by providing hints before starting the fault and feedback once the fault has been attempted.
• Skill Test faults put the user's skills to the test without any assistance during the troubleshooting process. These faults are evaluated and are reflected in the user's Overall Skill Rating.