# Selmo Academy training manual – Basics & Quick Start

### **Training structure and target audience**

This course is aimed at:

* Engineers, technicians and PLC programmers,
* Mechatronics technicians and commissioning engineers,
* Students of automation engineering,
* Trainers who want to teach the Selmo principle.

Goal: To fully understand and apply the Selmo method's mindset, structure and practical application in 10 chapters.\
After completion, the participant can **model a complete SEQ in Selmo Studio**, test and validate.

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### **Course structure (10 modules)**

| No. | Module                          | Learning objective                                  |
| --- | ------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| 1   | Introduction: Why Selmo?        | Understand the paradigm shift from code to behavior |
| 2   | Basics of determinism           | Internalize thinking in states and rules            |
| 3   | Structure of the SEQ            | Apply the sequential logic and its elements         |
| 4   | The zone logic                  | Understand zone types, operands and system layers   |
| 5   | Standard functions              | Use PairCheck, MXIC, monitoring safely              |
| 6   | PTF principle                   | Use process, technology, function as a method       |
| 7   | Working in Selmo Studio         | Model SEQ and parameterize zones                    |
| 8   | Safety and diagnostics          | Understand safety and documentation as a system     |
| 9   | Application & examples          | Model, test and expand your own SEQs                |
| 10  | Knowledge transfer & reflection | Plan, analyze and standardize projects              |
