Note: If you need help learning to use CCW with the Micro800 line of PLCs, check out my Five-Star rated Micro800 Nano Basics online course. It comes with support and never expires.
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Late last year Rockwell released version 35 of Studio 5000 Logix Designer, and in today's article I'll cover the highlights of what's new and updated in the latest release.
New Features:
Axis Test Mode: Feature...
To program a CompactLogix or ControlLogix controller you're going to need a copy of Studio 5000 Logix Designer, which was formerly known as RSLogix 5000 prior to the version 21 release:
If you don't have...
Rockwell recently released version 21 of Connected Components Workbench, and below I'll summarize any new and enhanced features:
New and Enhanced Micro800 Features:
Now supports Ethernet implicit I/O messaging for L50E and L70E controllers
The...
Kristen Kosatka of Rockwell Automation comes on the show this week to share what's new with Studio 5000 v35 in Episode 122 of The Automation Podcast.
For more information, check out the "Show Notes" located...
This week Dennis Wylie and Justin Wengatz from Rockwell Automation bring us up to speed on What's New and Coming for ControlLogix and Studio 5000 on Episode 114 of The Automation Podcast.
For more information,...
Generally, when I am loading software on a computer, that computer is not used for a single purpose and I download many types of programming software, third party programs like Sublime Text or Putty,...
I cannot count the number of times I have installed RSLogix 5, 500, 5000 or Studio 5000 software over the last twenty years. Sometimes I can install it on different (but identical) computers and...
In March of 2022, Rockwell Automation released Studio 5000 Logix Designer version Thirty-Four.
As I tend to do with each release, I recently downloaded the software, read the release notes, and set out to install...
Rockwell recently released version 20 of Connected Components Workbench, and below I'll summarize any new and enhanced features:
New and Enhanced Micro800 Features:
Micro800 L50E and L70E controllers are added to CCW
Added encryption of...
Recently one of our readers submitted a question asking for help migrating from a legacy RockwellPLC (aka PLC-5 or SLC-500) to their new PAC lines (ControlLogix and CompactLogix.)
In his email he went on...
One of the interesting aspects of automation is “making things talk.” Connecting devices together, whether we are talking about a host of network switches, HMI devices, drives, servers, controllers or any other intelligent device,...
In this episode of The Automation Podcast, I sit down with Jie Hong of Rockwell Automation to get an overview of the new features of Connected Components Workbench Version 13.
For more information, check out...
I’ll admit, I don’t always investigate every new feature that I read in a software’s release notes and many times I fail to utilize them for some time. Such is the case for tag extended...
NOTE: The free "RSLogix Micro Starter Lite" software I show how to download in this article only works with the MicroLogix 1000, MicroLogix 1100, and free SLC-500 Emulator.
If you need help learning to use...
After getting my electronics degree over thirty years ago, I landed my first job in the industrial automation industry as an Inside Technical Specialist. That job was basically a technical support position with some...
The industrial automation market in the USA is heating up, and many companies are finding it hard to hire people with the knowledge needed to maintain and upgrade automated systems.
And it's times like these...
Earlier this month Rockwell released version 13 of Connected Components Workbench, and today I'll review the biggest new features as listed in the product's release notes:
New Micro800 Features:
New "Controller Organizer" project tree style...