All Motors report Device Status, Trip Status, Running Amps, and Thermal Capacity. if it is a VFD or Softstart it will also report Speed and Ramp Rates respectively.
Each Parameter is mapped logically into a UDT (User Defined Data Type). this custom object in the PLC allows meaningful names to be used for the above Parameters.
By using simple Ladder Logic broken into purposeful subroutines, anyone can be taught to troubleshoot basic I/O related issues in the PLC. See example