How To Enable Legacy PLCs In Integrated Architecture Builder
So you've updated Rockwell's Integrated Architecture Builder to gain access to new devices like the 5580 and 5380 Controllers.
Then later you realize you can no longer create projects with older controllers like the ControlLogix 5560, CompactLogix L23 and L3x,...
Get A-B Programmable Controller data into Microsoft Excel using RSLinx
In Today's article I'll walk you through how you can bring Allen-Bradley Programmable Controller Data into Microsoft Excel 2016 using RSLinx Classic.
NOTE: The below procedure works with any licensed copy of RSLinx Classic, including Single Node, OEM, and Gateway shown...
PLC-5 and SLC-500: Communicate and Download over Data Highway Plus using RSLinx and RSLogix
So you need to know how to setup RSLinx Classic to communicate via USB over Data Highway Plus to an Allen-Bradley PLC-5 or SLC-5/04?
Well you're in luck as in today's article I'll walk you step to setup through how to setup...
How to setup RSLinx and download to a PLC-5 via Serial
So you need to know how to setup RSLinx Classic to communicate over serial with an Allen-Bradley PLC-5 so you can download or go online with RSLogix?
Well you're in luck as in today's article I'll walk you step to setup...
USB to Data Highway Plus using the ANC-120e, a lower cost alternative to the...
In today's episode of The Automation Podcast I take a look at the ANC-120e USB to Data Highway Plus converter from Automation Networks.
Now you may be asking yourself why the folks over at Automation Networks would release a USB to...
RSLogix 5, 500, and Micro support for Windows XP / 7 / 8
Last Wednesday in this article I discussed how to use Rockwell's PCDC webpage to look up the compatibility of Rockwell Software packages with Microsoft Windows operating systems.
In today’s article we’ll take a look at the results for RSLogix 5, 500,...
Flashback Friday! RSLogix 5 Sum Integer File using FAL
Welcome to The Automation Blog's "Flashback Friday!"
Today I'm highlighting PLC-5 code I wrote and published twelve years ago using RSLogix 5.
The year was 2002, and my client needed to calculate a running average based on file of integer values he had been collecting.
The...
Changes I would like to see made to Rockwell's Translate PLC-5 SLC utility
UPDATE: Rockwell has release a new version of this tool with additional features. To get the latest version, search the below website for “RSLogix Project Migrator (it also comes with RSLogix/Studio 5000 v19 and up)”
http://compatibility.rockwellautomation.com/Pages/MultiProductDownload.aspx
Having used Rockwell's Translate PLC-5 SLC...
Converting your RSLogix 500 program to RSLogix 5000 using the Translate PLC-5 SLC 2.0...
UPDATE: Rockwell has release a new version of this tool with additional features which we cover in our new article HERE.
To get the latest version, search the below website for “RSLogix Project Migrator (it also comes with RSLogix/Studio 5000 v19 and...
Working around the Translate PLC-5 SLC 2.0 utility's syntax error
A few weeks ago, a client asked me to review his SLC-500 program files. He wanted my advice on how difficult it would be to convert them to CompactLogix.
When I received his files, the first thing I did was power on my primary...
