Logix Instructions – Using The Sequencer Output (S07)
In this week’s episode of The Automation Show, we walk through what it takes to use the Sequencer Output Instruction in RSLogix/Studio 5000: (starts at 3:00)
For more information, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video.
The Automation Show, Episode 7 Show Notes:
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I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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Logix, View – AF2018: What’s New with Logix and View from Automation Fair 2018 (S06)
In this week’s episode of The Automation Show, we take a look at What’s New in Logix and View based on the Automation Fair 2018 presentations:
For more information, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video.
The Automation Show, Episode 6 Show Notes:
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I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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View – AF2018: What’s New with View at Automation Fair 2018
One of my favorite Automation Fair Technical Sessions is “What’s New in View,” and in today’s article I’ll highlight the slides that caught my attention as I reviewed this year’s presentation.
First up was several slides about the PanelView 5000 series, but before we get into them I wanted to share a little about this product line.
For those who don’t know, the PanelView 5000 is Rockwell’s “next generation” of HMIs, and uses development software (View Designer) that is bundled with Studio 5000 Logix Designer.
Note: I use to tell my students that View Designer was included with Studio 5000 Logix Designer at no charge. But, since View Designer’s release the price of Studio 5000 has increased by over 60%! So it now appears it would be more accurate to say that cost of View Designer is included in the price of Studio 5000 Logix Designer.
While “next gen” features may be the long term plan for the PV5000 product line, today both the PanelView 5310 and 5510 lack many of the basic features found in Rockwell’s existing PanelView Plus 7 HMI, even though the new “PV5000” HMIs only work with the latest Logix controllers (5×70 and 5×80.)
So unless you need a feature unique to the PanelView 5000 line, or you just prefer View Designer over View Studio, you may find that the PanelView Plus 7 provides more options and functionality for the same price
Now, back to the presentation 😉
The first few slides covered details about the PV5310 series, including these details:
- Touchscreen models available from 6″ to 12″
- Program using View Designer v4+
- 100 Screen Limit, 1000 Alarm Limit
- Single Controller Limit
- Controller must have firmware v27 or greater
- Equipped with a single 10/100 Ethernet Port
- Has two USB ports: One host, one device
- Built-in SD Card Slot
- Rated IP65/Nema 4X, 0-50c
- Available in DC Power only
Based on the fact that the PV5310 HMI only supports a single Logix PAC with v27 or greater firmware, it appears the focused market of the 5310 is the newest Logix applications with an HMI only needs to communicate with a single controller.
Next up are details about the new PV5510 series which is replacing the original PV5500:
- Touchscreen models available from 7″ to 19″, with optional Keypad on select sizes
- Program using View Designer v4+
- 100 Screen Limit, 1000 Alarm Limit
- Four Controller Limit (as of the release of v5)
- Controller must have firmware v27 or greater
- Equipped with Dual 10/100 Ethernet Ports supporting DLR
- Has three USB ports: Two host, one device
- Built-in SD Card Slot
- Rated IP66/Nema 4X, 0-55c (except 19″ which is 50c)
- Available in DC Power only
The added support in v5 for up to four controllers is much welcome news for the more expensive 5510. That, along with the new View Designer features which we’ll cover next.
First, Rockwell reviewed the new features found in the last released version of Studio 5000 View Designer, which was version 4:
- Terminal Emulator (aka offline testing)
- Remote Access via VNC
- Real-Time Trending
- Local Data Logging
- Device Faceplates
- Loading Applications from Removable Media
Then Rockwell detailed what’s new and planned for the next release, version 5:
- PDF Document Viewer
- Support for Logix Tag-Based Alarms (introduced in v31)
- Automatic Logout support
- Four “Logix” Controller Support with 5510
- Bindable Popup Captions
NOTE: While the above new features are all welcomed, keep in mind equivalents have existed in the PanelView Plus line for many years.
Moving on from the PanelView 5000, Rockwell’s presentation then covered its Thin Manger and Industrial Computer offerings prior to providing an update on the PanelView Plus 7.
According to the slides, coming this May (2019,) Rockwell will be releasing a much requested new option for PVP7 9″ and 12″ units: IP69K rated bezels with NFS Certification for Food and Beverage applications.
PVP 6 NOTE: On a related note (while no public announcement has yet been made) word on the street is that PanelView Plus 6 production will be coming to an end in the next 24 months. This change should only effect new orders for PanelView Plus 6 units as Rockwell often supports existing customers who own discontinued products with repairs and exchanges for ten or more years.
Finally, towards the end of the presentation Rockwell highlighted what’s new in FactoryTalk View version 11.
Machine Edition is said to be getting these new features:
- Application Manager will show .MER and .APA version in tool
- Separate Version ID also will be available
Site Edition is said to be getting these new features:
- New support within Asset Centre (backup, compare, etc)
- TrendPro support for Asset Centre Audit Logs
- TrendPro enhancements to Alarm plotting and configuration saving
- TrendPro new features including plotting related actions along side time-series data
- TrendPro support for configuration with an ISA-101 “look and feel”
- RecipePro+ enhancements including current recipe viewing and refined audit log
- New FT Diagnostic Object with customizable filter
- Updated E-Signature functionality on Command Buttons, and Numeric and String Inputs
- New VBA Interface for HMI TagDB (enables reusing of more RSView32 VBA)
- FT Event added in Alarm and Events, severity of 0 to separate from Alarms
- Removal of HMI Tag Alarms, migration tool installed with v11
Well, those our my highlights from this year’s, “What’s New in View” presentation from Automation Fair.
If you’d like to see the entire presentation, head over to the downloads page covered in this article, and search for presentation T52.
And if you think I left something out or would like to share your own thoughts and comments, I invite you to do so by clicking on the “comment” link below my signature.
Until next time, Peace ✌️
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I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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CCW – v11: Feature Pack – Does it make CCW look more like RSLogix / Studio 5000? (S05)
In today’s episode of The Automation Show, we take a look at the Automation Fair 2018 presentation on what’s new in CCW v11, and then take a first hand look to see if the Feature Pack makes CCW look more like RSLogix:
For more information, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video.
The Automation Show, Episode 5 Show Notes:
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Until next time, Peace ✌️
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I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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DF1 to Ethernet Bridge, Message (MSG): Send Data Between DF1 and Ethernet Devices using 515RTAENI (S04)
In today’s episode of The Automation Show, we walk through how to message between DF1 and Ethernet devices using the 515RTAENI from Real Time Automation.
For more information, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video.
The Automation Show, Episode 4 Show Notes:
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I want to send a huge Thank You out to the folks at Real Time Automation for sending in the loaner 515RTAENI-N34 featured in this episode of The Automation Show.
Until next time, Peace ✌️
If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.
Shawn M Tierney
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Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.
I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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Logix – AF21018: What’s New with Logix from Automation Fair 2018
One of my favorite Automation Fair Technical Sessions is “What’s New in Logix,” and in today’s article I’ll highlight the slides that caught my attention as I reviewed this year’s presentation.
First up was a slide promoting the coming release of the 5380 Compact GuardLogix:
Schedule for release sometime in Mid-2019, this unit is designed to support SIL CL3 up to PLe, and includes the same dual Ethernet ports found on the standard 5380 controller.
Next up was a slide about a new line of 1756 Safety IO modules :
The initial release in planned for 2019, and the line will eventually include both Analog and Digital input and output modules, rated from SIL 2 PLd to SIL 3 PLe
Not to be left out, this March the 5069 line also receives new Safety I/O modules, with the 5069-IB8S and 5069-OBV8S supporting PLd and PLe applications:
With all the new products and options, Rockwell thankfully included this very helpful chat comparing CompactLogix and ControlLogix Standard and Safety controllers in the 5×70 and 5×80 families:
Note: For a full size version of this chart, get a copy of Rockwell’s T13 presentation by following our instructions here.
Also covered was the new Compact I/O Serial module, the 5069-ASCII, which currently supports generic ASCII, MODBUS RTU and ASCII in v31 of Studio 5000:
Rockwell also stated that it has plans to add the DF1 and DH-485 protocol in the future.
The Flex 5000 I/O (5094) line also had a spot in the presentation announcing the new SFP Ethernet adapter shown on the right side of the below image:
And the last items in my list of highlights are the new features planned for Studio 5000 Logix Designer v32.
First we have these new Extended Data Types being added to support 64 Bit Math:
- Unsigned Short Integer: USINT
- Unsigned Double Integer: UDINT
- Unsigned Integer: UINT
- Unsigned Long Integer: ULINT
- Long Real Number: LREAL
- Long Integer: LINT
Next we have Tag-based Alarm enhancements including the ASO (Alarm Set Operation) instruction.
This instruction provides a way to programmatically issue a specific operation (like “Acknowledge”) to all alarm conditions in a set.
And finally, for the 5×80 series of controllers we have some new optimized FBD instructions which replace existing ones:
These new instructions not only require less space and no backing tag, they also simplify diagrams by being smaller and using more intuitive “symbol-based” instruction blocks.
Sadly (as noted above,) these enhancements only work with the 5380, 5480, and 5580 Controllers.
Well, those our my highlights from this year’s, “What’s new in Logix” presentation from Automation Fair.
If you’d like to see the entire presentation, head over to the downloads page covered in this article, and search for presentation T13.
And if you think I left something out, and would like to share your own thoughts and comments, I invite you to do so by clicking on the “comment” link below my signature.
Until next time, Peace ✌️
If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.
Shawn M Tierney
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I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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How To Download Automation Fair 2018 Presentations
If like me you couldn’t afford the time away from work to hobnob with friends and colleagues at this year’s Automation Fair, don’t fret!
Thanks to the good folks over at Rockwell Automation, you can once again freely download most Automation Fair 2018 session presentations.
To do so, just follow these simple steps:
Step 1) Navigate your browser to http://automationfair.com, which will redirect you to the Automation Fair homepage shown below:
Step 2) Now for the fun part: The annual “Where’s Waldo” of Automation Fair Downloads!
Don’t see it yet? Look on the left hand side for a picture labeled “Session Materials,” and click on it:
Step 3) After a few moments, you should see the below page with links to download most presentations from this year’s sessions:
Step 4) What, no labs?
Yeah, I noticed that too.
Seems that unlike RSTechED RATechED Rockwell TechED, RA isn’t making the this year’s Automation Fair hands-on lab documents available for download.
That said, I still found some really interesting stuff in what is available, and I’ll summarize my findings in my next few blogs.
Until then, let me wish you all a very…
Happy Thanksgiving!
Until next time, Peace ✌️
If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.
Shawn M Tierney
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Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.
I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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DF1 to Ethernet Bridge: 515RTAENI First Look (S03)
In today’s episode of The Automation Show, I setup a 515RTAENI DF1 to Ethernet bridge from Real Time Automation.
For more information, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video.
The Automation Show, Episode 3 Show Notes:
NOTE: Would you like your product featured on the Show and Blog? If you would, please contact me at: https://theautomationblog.com/contact
I want to send a huge Thank You out to the folks at Real Time Automation for sending in the loaner 515RTAENI-N34 featured in this episode of The Automation Show.
Until next time, Peace ✌️
If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.
Shawn M Tierney
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Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.
I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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The Automation Show Episode 3 Postponed Until Next Friday
Good morning everyone!
You know what they say about the plans of mice and men, right?
Try as I might, I was totally unsuccessful getting some home construction scheduled for any day other than today, and any other time than 1pm.
Because of that, The Automation Show Episode 3: Unboxing and setup of the Realtime Automation’s 1761-NET-ENI replacement, has been rescheduled for next Friday, 11-16, at 1pm Eastern, at which time you can watch it on our YouTube channel HERE.
I’d also like to remind everyone about our giveaway of an Automation Networks ANC-100E Ethernet to DH+ bridge.
To enter the drawing for a chance to win it, just be one of the next 23 people to leave a comment on the The Automation Show Episode 2’s post HERE.
Other than that, let me wish you all a very happy Friday, and I hope you all have a great weekend!
PS – Don’t forget you can still use coupon code TAB-F18 at TheAutomationSchool.com to get my six course bundle for under $500 while the 2018 pricing is still in effect!
Until next time, Peace ✌️
If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.
Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator
Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.
I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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- The Automation Museum - June 16, 2025
Data Highway Plus to Ethernet (S02)
In today’s episode of The Automation Show, I unbox and setup an ANC-100E Data Highway Plus to Ethernet bridge from Automation Networks.
For more information about the show (and how you could win an ANC-100E) check out the “Show Notes” located below the video.
The Automation Show, Episode 2 Show Notes:
NOTE: Would you like your product featured on the Show and Blog? If you would, please contact me at: https://theautomationblog.com/contact
I want to send a huge Thank You out to the folks at Automation Networks for donating the ANC-100E featured in this episode of The Automation Show (and for ANC-120E featured previously on the blog and podcast HERE.)
In appreciation, we’ll be mounting one of the ANC-100E‘s to our stage’s wall, and will be giving away the second one to a lucky viewer via a random drawing.
To enter the drawing for an ANC-100E, just be one of the first twenty five people to reply to this post! (click HERE to scroll down to the comment link)
Once we have twenty five replies, one of the names will be drawn at random live on our show, and that person will be contacted via email for their mailing address!
Until next time, Peace ✌️
If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.
Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator
Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.
I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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RSLogix Halloween Animation! Also, anyone automating a holiday display?
Let me wish all of you a very Happy Halloween!
And if any of you are automating a Holiday Display (Haunted House, Holiday Lights, etc) I’d love to hear about the products you’re using, and how you’re automating your display.
But first, in the spirit of the Halloween let me walk you through how to change the online animation in RSLogix 5, 500, and Micro, from a Ladder to a Pumpkin!
What is the online animation in RSLogix?
I’m glad you asked!
If you’ve ever gone online with a SLC-500, MicroLogix, or PLC-5, then you should be familiar with the rotating “Ladder” animation near the top of the screen:
Well, unless you’re still using DOS and 6200/APS/AI, in which case you likely can’t read this article since there are no decent web-browsers for DOS!
That small “Ladder” animation actually rotates at a speed representative of your current online connection.
Connect to your PLC using serial cable, and the “Ladder” turns very slow, similar to how fast you can program over a serial connection 😉
Connect with Ethernet and the “Ladder” spins much faster, representing how navigating and editing online over Ethernet can feel quick and responsive (Ethernet FTW!)
But since today is Halloween, let’s change the animation from a “Ladder” to a “Glowing Pumpkin!”
The first thing you want to do (once RSLogix is open) is hold down the “Control” (CTRL) key on your keyboard.
Then right click on the online animation graphic itself (shown below as the previously mentioned “Ladder”:)
Next, from the Animations menu, select Pumpkin.
Note: If you don’t hold down the “Control” key, you won’t see the Animations menu!
Now your RSLogix is appropriately configured for the season with a Pumpkin animation!
If you’re not really feeling in the Pumpkin mood, there are three other animations (shown below) that you can try out. Personally, I like the gears 😉
Gears
RSI Logo
Globe
That said, I know many folks out there are automating their Haunted Houses and Holiday Displays with PLC’s, and I’d love to put a story together about what products they’re using, and how they are automating their display with them!
So if you’re one of those people and would like to share your story, please either contact me HERE, or post your story below using the “comment” link under my signature.
Until next time, Peace ✌️
If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.
Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator
Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.
I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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CompactLogix – 5380: Experience Kit (S01)
I take a look at what comes inside of Rockwell’s CompactLogix 5380 Experience Kit in today’s episode of The Automation Show.
For more information, check out the Show Notes located below the video.
The Automation Show, Episode 1 Show Notes:
If you’re a vendor and would like to learn how you can feature your products on The Automation Blog and Show, please contact me directly at: https://theautomationblog.com/contact
If you’d like to get a quote for a CompactLogix 5380 Experience Kit, contact your local Rockwell Representative. To find who your local representative is, check out our previous article HERE.
If you have a question or comment, you can post it by clicking on the “comment link” below my signature, or by visiting my free forum, TheAutomationBlog.com/join.
Teachers and/or Instructors who work for “accredited” High Schools or Colleges can get the “best pricing” on Allen-Bradley products by contacting Rockwell about their EDU Toolkit (where available.)
Note: While I’d love to sign-up The Automation School in Rockwell’s EDU Program, even though we teach more students about A-B PLCs each year than many of the largest schools, to date the inquiries we’ve sent Rockwell about joining the program have gone unanswered 🙁
Until next time, Peace ✌️
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Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator
Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.
I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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CompactLogix – L20, L30: The First Generation
The CompactLogix family of Programmable Automation Controllers has been popular with Small Machine Builders and System Integrators for many years.
The most obvious reason for its popularity is that it’s smaller and less expensive then Rockwell’s ControlLogix line, while still using the same instruction set and programming software.
The First Generation of CompactLogix Controllers: You can have any communications port you want, as long as it’s serial.
The first CompactLogix controller to be released was the 1769-L20 in late 2000.
At the time it was dubbed the CompactLogix 5320, and was joined in 2001 by the 1769-L30 controller, also known as the CompactLogix 5330.
While initially there was a lot of interest in these controllers, the number of actual applications suited to their reduce memory and “serial only” communication ports was limited.
The Details:
The 1769-L20 controller had 64K of memory, a single Serial Port, and supported up to 8 I/O modules across a maximum of two I/O banks connected via a single expansion cable.
The 1769-L30 controller had 256K of memory, two serial ports, and supported up to 16 I/O modules across a maximum of three I/O banks connected by up to two expansion cables.
In both cases, the controller needed to be the “left most” device in the first I/O bank, and the controller also needed to be within four modules of power supply.
The L20 and L30 did use the same 1769 I/O Modules, Cables, and Power Supplies as the MicroLogix 1500’s expansion I/O.
And like MicroLogix 1500 systems that included 1769 expansion I/O, every CompactLogix system had to end with either a Right or Left End Cap.
At the time, Rockwell promoted these controllers as being expandable with Ethernet, DeviceNet, or DH-485 communications by way of a 1761-NET-ENI, DNI, or AIC serial network interface.
While these controllers did natively support the DH-485 protocol, adding an L20 or L30 to Ethernet or DeviceNet using a serial network interface did not enable full native network support.
The built-in RS-232 programming port(s) also supported DF1 Full-Duplex, DF1 Half-Duplex, and ASCII, in addition to the above mentioned DH-485 support.
Similar, but also very different: The Default Comms Button
Similar to some of the MicroLogix controllers, the L20 and L30 both included a “default communications” button.
Pressing this button would return Channel 0 to the default settings shown below:
- Source ID / Node Address: 0
- Baud Rate” 19.2K
- Data Bits: 8
- Parity: None
- Stop Bits: 1
- Error Detection: BCC
- Protocol: DF1 point-to-point (Full Duplex)
- Control Lines: No handshaking
But unlike MicroLogix controllers with this feature, the L20 and L30’s “default communications” button did not toggle between User and Default Settings.
Instead, when the L20 and L30’s “default communications” button was pressed (and the Green “DCH0” LED came on,) any Channel 0 User Settings were replaced with the Default Settings.
This meant that the only way to return the controller to the original User Settings was to either (1) download the original program, or (2) make the changes online using RSLogix 5000.
The actual “default communications” button is accessed via a “pin hole” located on the bottom right front of the controllers, and to press it you’ll need a non-conductive, pin sized object.
Both controllers did thankfully use the same Key, Battery and Serial Programming Cable (1747-CP3, or 1756-CP3) as the popular SLC-500 series.
To access the battery compartment, users simply slid the left side of the controller forward, revealing the battery connector and clip on the controller’s circuit board.
While the L20 and L30 did not have a Memory Card Slot like most future CompactLogix models did, they are unique among CompactLogix controllers for having built-in non-volatile memory.
Using RSLogix 5000, programs could be saved to (or loaded from) the on-board non-volatile memory, as well as set to load automatically on power-up or when the battery backed (volatile) memory was corrupt.
In the end, even though the first generation of CompactLogix controllers had its share of limitations, it did pave the way for the next generation of CompactLogix controllers, including the very popular 1769-L32E and 1769-L35E.
So, do you ever use the first gen L20 or L30?
And if you did, what did you think of them at the time?
You can share your thoughts and opinions with us by clicking on the comment link below my signature.
Until next time, Peace ✌️
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Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator
Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.
I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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Inside Insights: Studio Renovation
Today I’m starting a new behind the scenes series, “Inside Insights,” that takes a look at what’s going on here at Insights In Automation.
In this first article of the series, I want to share with you the project that has been consuming most of my days over the past few weeks: my home studio renovation.
After wrapping up the first edition of my ViewSE course this summer, I knew I needed to do something about the state of my home studio before I embarked on another course.
I actually built my garage studio over five years ago, back before I launchedmy Kickstarter project to produce my first training video, “Micro Programmable Controller Basics,” (later re-released as “PLC Core Basics.“)
Being limited to a single bay in my garage meant that space was at a premium, but when I started out I only had a couple of lights, a camera, a desk, and a workbench.
But over the last five years, I added so much more equipment that I was literally climbing over things just to get to the recording area.
Part of the problem was, I originally thought the camera needed to be several feet from my workbench in order to get everything into the shot. In reality, all of my HD camera’s work find even just four feet from my workbench.
That meant I could shoot across the room in stead of lengthwise. And that in turn freed up a lot of floor space since equipment that use to use tripods could now be mounted on the walls.
Another issue I ran into over the years was the time it took to setup the stage for a particular course.
As you can imagine, setting up and wiring a workbench full of hardware takes time. And once it’s setup, you really don’t want to disturb it until you’re done using it, and that can be several months.
For example, when the studio was setup for recording ControlLogix lessons, I didn’t have the ability to quickly record lessons or videos on other subjects without disassembling the ControlLogix hardware currently in use.
To address this, another goal of the renovation is to add a second workbench and filming area so I’ll be able to film ad-hoc lessons and videos without disturbing the main filming area.
In addition to a second workbench and recording area, I also wanted to add live running equipment on the wall behind each workbench.
Even though most of the equipment I own has been purchased second hand, it’s still cost me small fortune. And because of that, it just seems like a waste of money to just stick it in a box when it’s not being used.
Plus, most of my courses include lessons on how to communicate with a full range of Allen-Bradley controllers, from the PLC-5, SLC-500, and MicroLogix, to the Compact and ControlLogix.
So having these controllers already on the wall and running will help reduce the setup needed to create new communications lessons.
The final renovation goal I’ll talk about today is bringing some sanity to my studio wiring.
Over the course of five years I’d tried several different configurations, resulting in multiple HDMI, USB, Audio, and power cables literally running everywhere.
These cables actually became so intertwined that sometimes it was easier to lay down new cables rather than reroute existing ones.
So for all those reasons (and more,) I’ve dedicated a good portion of the last few weeks to renovating the studio in preparation for my next course on the CompactLogix (available for pre-order right now at a huge discount.)
And with the renovation nearly finished, I can’t wait to start producing new videos, the first of which I hope to make later this week with the launch of a new weekly livestream, The Automation Show.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this inside look at what’s going on here at Insights In Automation!
If you did, please let me know by leaving a comment for me by clicking on the link below.
Until next time, Peace ✌️
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Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator
Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.
I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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SLC-500 – Resetting to Factory Defaults
How to clear a SLC-500 controller’s memory and reset it to factory defaults.
In the SLC-500 family of controllers there are three different ways memory is backed up, and therefore three different ways to clear memory and reset the controller to factory defaults.
NOTE: Always upload and save any SLC-500 controller program you need prior to erasing the controller’s memory.
Case 1) The SLC-5/03, 5/04, and 5/05
These three controllers have a built-in capacitor which is designed to keep the controller’s memory powered for roughly thirty minutes.
This means if you simply disconnect the controller’s battery, and wait over thirty minutes (actual time is based on a number of factors,) the memory on the controller will be erased.
That said, Rockwell also provides two connections on the controller board which you can short together for 60 seconds to drain the memory capacitor and clear the controller’s memory.
These two connections are labeled as GND and VBB, and as shown below they’re in slightly different positions depending on if you have a SLC-5/03, 5/04, or 5/05:
SLC-5/03 Memory Capacitor Connections
SLC-5/04 Memory Capacitor Connections
SLC-5/05 Memory Capacitor Connections
Case 2) The SLC-5/01 – 4K, and 5/02
Neither the SLC-5/01 4K model, nor the SLC-5/02, have a program backup capacitor.
This means that if you remove the controller’s battery while these controllers are unpowered, the memory on the controllers will be erased.
Case 3) The SLC-5/01 – 1K, and Fixed Models
Both the SLC-5/01 1K model, and the Fixed SLC-500 series, have capacitor backed memory.
The capacitor was designed to keep these controller’s memory powered for between 5 and 30 days (depending on ambient temperature.)
Rockwell also doesn’t make connections available to drain these capacitors, so the only way to clear the memory on these units would be to leave them unpowered for the 5 to 30 days.
Conversely, if you can communicate to the controllers you may wish to just download a new blank program to them rather than wait for the capacitor to drain.
I hope today’s article about how to reset SLC-500 controllers to factory defaults was helpful.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to post the by clicking on the “Click here to post a comment or question” link below.
Until next time, Peace ✌️
If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.
Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator
Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.
I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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The Automation Blog's SLC-500 Library
Hardware
- Article: The SLC-500: Six Controllers
- Article: The SLC-500: Controller Image Gallery
- Article: The Fixed Style SLC-500
- Podcast: Programmable Controller Non-Volatile and Volatile Memory
Cables and Adapters
- Article: USB to Data Highway Plus using the ANC-120e, a lower cost alternative to the...
- Article: How to add Ethernet to a SLC-500
- Podcast: Adding DH-485 to your MicroLogix, SLC-5/04, SLC-5/05, and PanelView Plus 6 400 and 600.
Communications
- Article: The SLC-500: Communicate and Download over Serial DF1 using RSLinx and RSLogix 500
- Video: A-B SLC-500 Serial Comm Setup & Download
- Article: The SLC-500: Communicate and Download over DH-485 using RSLinx and RSLogix 500
- Video: A-B SLC-500 DH-485 Comm Setup & Download
- Article: PLC-5 and SLC-500: Communicate and Download over Data Highway Plus using RSLinx and RSLogix
- Article: Why the Allen-Bradley (A-B) 1747-PIC always had trouble working in Microsoft Windows
Software
- Article: What's new in RSLogix 500, Micro v11
- Article: RSLogix 5, 500, and Micro support for Windows XP / 7 / 8
- Article: RSLogix 500 and Micro Get Windows 8 Release
- Article: How to get a free copy of RSLogix Emulate 500
- Article: How to setup and use RS Emulate
Messaging
- Article: How to Message (MSG) data from a MicroLogix 1400 to a SLC-5/05 over Ethernet
- Video: How to Message (MSG) data from a MicroLogix to a SLC-500 over Ethernet
- Article: How to Message (MSG) data from a SLC-5/05 to a MicroLogix 1400 over Ethernet
- Video: How to Message (MSG) data from a SLC-500 to a MicroLogix over Ethernet
Connecting HMIs
- Article: Get A-B Programmable Controller data into Microsoft Excel using RSLinx
- Article: Connecting a PanelView Plus to a SLC-500 Channel 0 Serial Port
- Video: Flashback – FactoryTalk View Importing PLC-5 & SLC-500 Tags
Migration
- Article: How To Convert SLC-500 Programs to MicroLogix
- Video: Converting SLC-500 Programs to MicroLogix
- Article: Replace a Fixed SLC-500 (1747-Lxxx) with a MicroLogix
- Article: Converting your RSLogix 500 program to RSLogix 5000 using the Translate PLC-5 SLC 2.0...
- Article: Changes I would like to see made to Rockwell's Translate PLC-5 SLC 2.0 utility
- Article: Working around the Translate PLC-5 SLC 2.0 utility’s syntax error
Samples:
- Article: Flashback Friday! RSLogix 500 "Providence Beer" Demo
- Article: Flashback Friday! RSLogix 500 Top Ten Sort
Learning and Discussion:
- Article: Is the SLC-500 still viable?
- Article: Insight's Inbox: I can't connect to my SLC-500
- Article: Flashback Friday! The SLC-500 Blue Demo Case
- Article: Getting Started With Programmable Controllers (PLC)
Seven things you need to know about the PanelView Plus
I still run into new users who need to support and program the Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus HMI, even though it was released over a decade ago.
So for everyone out there who’s in the same position, today I’ll share with you the seven essential things you need to know about the PanelView Plus:
1) PanelView Plus Hardware:
There are three main versions of PanelView Plus Hardware:
- PanelView Plus & VersaView CE
- PanelView Plus 6
- PanelView Plus 7
While the PanelView Plus and PanelView Plus 6 share the same look and feel, the PanelView Plus 7 uses newer screen technology and has a slightly different look.
2) PanelView Plus Software:
The PanelView Plus line of HMI’s is programmed using FactoryTalk View Studio Machine Edition (ViewME) or Supervisory Edition (ViewSE.) For information about the latest release of FTView, check out this article HERE.
Communications to Allen-Bradley PLCs is accomplished using RSLinx Enterprise, which is included with, and configured from within FactoryTalk View Studio.
Originally, the software was known as RSView Studio (not to be confused with RSView32,) but was later re-branded along with many of Rockwell’s software packages that used the FactoryTalk suite of services.
While each PanelView Plus comes with a ViewME runtime license and software preloaded, ViewME runtimes are also available for PC.
3) PanelView Plus Applications:
PanelView Plus applications created with View Studio include the HMI Project as well as RSLinx Enterprise configuration and any supported KepServer OPC driver configurations.
Because of this, users should backup their applications using the included Application Manager utility, which results in an .APA or Application Archive file.
While backups of the HMI project folder can be imported into a new application, the imported application won’t include any communication configuration.
For more information about backing up your View Studio applications, check out this article HERE.
4) PanelView Plus Runtimes:
When a PanelView Plus application is ready to be used in the field, a Machine Edition Runtime or .MER file must first be created.
This is done in View Studio by selection Create Runtime Application under the Application menu.
.MER runtimes are version specific, and while most new PanelView Plus models will run .MERs created for old versions, PanelView Plus models running old firmware will not be able to run .MERs created to support newer firmware.
For example, if you have a PanelView Plus 700 with firmware 5.1 loaded, it can run .MER runtime files created for versions 3.0-5.1. However, the same PanelView Plus 700 with firmware 3.0 will only be able to run version a .MER file of version 3.0.
To learn how to copy MER runtime files to and from your PanelView Plus, check out these articles HERE and HERE.
5) Editing PanelView Plus Runtimes:
Over the years dozens (if not hundreds) of people have asked me how they can go about editing their .MER files which they uploaded from their PVPlus.
The short answer if you may not be able to, which is why you’ll always want to have the application archive or .APA file.
More specifically, if you have a .MER created for version 5.0 and newer firmware, and the person creating the .MER file selected “always allow conversion” (and if needed, you have the password) then you can use the Application Manager to restore the runtime file into an application.
That said, if your .MER is for a pre-5 version, there’s no easy way to restore it to a project.
While if you open a pre-v5 runtime on your PC in the ViewME station software (doing so requires a PC runtime license) you could retrieve much of the project including Graphics and Tags, you would not be able to recover communications settings, alarms, macros, and parameters.
For more information about editing .MER files, check out this article HERE.
6) PanelView Plus Configuration:
If you need to set your PanelView Plus’s clock, Ethernet address, or one of dozens of other settings, you’ll need to access it’s Configuration Menu.
This is the default display that loads when a brand new terminal is powered on.
And for those terminals which are already running a project, developers can place a “shutdown” or “goto config” button in the project so users can exit the running application and return to the Config Menu.
However, most designers don’t put those buttons in their projects for fear an operator will press it accidentally.
With that in mind, most PanelView Plus models also support pressing a small white box on the screen during boot-up to bypass the application and go directly to the Configuration Menu.
To learn more about accessing the PanelView Plus configuration menu, click HERE.
7) PanelViewPlus vs 6 vs 7:
Original PanelView Plus
The original PanelView Plus terminals support firmware versions 3.0 through 5.1.
Over time the line grew to include several different sub-lines, including:
- PanelView Plus Standard 700-1500 terminals,
- PanelView Plus CE (aka VersaView CE) Windows CE 700-1500 terminals
- PanelView Plus Standard 400 & 600 terminals
- PanelView Plus Standard Compact 400, 600, 1000 lower functionality terminals
PanelView Plus 6
With the PanelView Plus 6, Rockwell basically upgraded the original design with an new and improved Logic Board, while reusing most of the older model’s displays and bezels.
Most PanelView Plus 6 models natively support firmware versions 6.0 and greater, but can also run .MER files all the way back to version 3.2. That is, as long as the runtime uses a supported communication path (see below.)
One big difference between the original PanelView Plus and the PanelView Plus 6 is the later doesn’t support support and IO networks.
Specifically, PanelView Plus 6 terminals do not support RIO, DeviceNet, and scheduled ControlNet.
Another difference is that all PanelView Plus 6 models have an SD card slot (in place of the original’s Compact Flash card slot) as well as include access to the Windows CE desktop.
The four styles of PanelView Plus 6 are:
- PanelView Plus 6 Standard 700-1500 terminals
- PanelView Plus 6 Enhanced 700-1500 terminals (includes additional WinCE apps)
- PanelView Plus 6 Standard 400 & 600 models (no comm module support, unlike original)
- PanelView Plus 6 Compact 400, 600, 1000 models (limited functionality)
PanelView Plus 7
Unlike the PanelView Plus 6 which replaced the original PanelView Plus while reusing most bezels and displays, the PanelView Plus 7 was a complete hardware redesign.
This resulted in most PVPlus 7 models having cutous that are quite different than similarly sized PVPlus and PVPlus 6 models.
PanelView Plus 7 models also only support Ethernet. No Serial, No Data Highway, just Ethernet.
And it’s important to note that the Standard version of the PanelView Plus 7 is similar to the Compact version of the PanelView Plus and Plus 6.
That is to say, the Standard version of the PVPlus 7 only supports 1 programmable controller connection, 25 displays, and 200 alarms.
So if you need features comparable to a standard PanelView Plus 6, you’ll need to choose the Performance model of the PanelView Plus 7, not the Standard (aka Compact) model.
To learn more about the PanelView Plus 7, see our previous articles on the subject HERE.
I hope today’s article about the seven things you need to know about the PanelView Plus was helpful!
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to post them by clicking on the “Click here to post a comment or question” link below.
Until next time, Peace ✌️
If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.
Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator
Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.
I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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SLC-5/05 – Using the BOOTP Utility to Set the Ethernet/IP Address
How to set the Ethernet IP Address of a SLC-5/05 Controller using the free BOOTP-DHCP utility.
If you have a new SLC-5/05, or one that has been reset to Factory Defaults, one option to set it’s IP Address is to use the free BOOTP-DHCP utility installed with RSLinx Classic.
To do so, follow the below steps:
1) Connect your PC to the same Ethernet Network as your SLC-5/05.
2) Launch the BootP-DHCP Tool installed with RSLinx Classic:
3) If this is the first time you’ve launched the tool, there are a few initial steps:
– First, accept the license agreement:
– Then select the Ethernet connection you’ll be using to connect to your SLC-5/05:
– Then, if prompted, allow the tool to communicate to your networks:
– Then click on “OK” in the “Network Setup Error” window, and at a minimum enter in your network mask in the “Network Settings” window:
4) Once the tool is up and running, you should see your SLC-5/05’s MAC Address in the Top “Discovery History” list. If it does not show up, try cycling power to your SLC-5/05:
NOTE: You’ll find your SLC-5/05’s MAC Address on the bottom of the left side of the controller, as can be seen in our SLC-500 controller image gallery HERE.
5) Once you’re SLC-5/05 shows up in the “Discovery History” list, double click on it (or select it, and then click on the “Add Relation” button) to bring up the “New Entry” window. There, fill in the IP Address you wish to give your SLC-5/05, and then click on OK:
6) Once the above is done, your SLC-5/05 should show up in the “Entered Relations” list as shown below:
NOTE: At this point we have only assigned the SLC-5/05 a temporary IP Address as it is still set for BOOTP. If we were to cycle power to the SLC-5/05 it would likely lose it’s IP Address and request another. For that reason we must continue on and disable BOOTP, which for some devices can be done right in this Tool as shown in the next step.
7) The last step is to disable BOOTP in the SLC-5/05 so it will maintain the address we just gave it. To do this, select the SLC-5/05 in the “Entered Relations” list and then click on “Disable BOOTP/DHCP:”
8) If you do not get the below message saying BOOTP was disabled successfully (this image is from a previous version,) it likely did not work. If that is the case, you’ll need to go online with the controller and disable BOOTP, as shown in this article HERE.
I hope today’s article about how to set a SLC-5/05’s Ethernet Address using the free BootP-DHCP Tool was helpful.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to post them by clicking on the “Click here to post a comment or question” link below.
Until next time, Peace ✌️
If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.
Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator
Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.
I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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SLC-5/05 – Using RSLogix 500 to Set the Ethernet/IP Address
How to set the Ethernet IP Address of a SLC-5/05 Controller using RSLogix.
Setting a SLC-5/05’s IP Address Offline:
If you have a project file for your SLC-5/05 controller that your want to edit and download, follow these steps:
1) Open your project in RSLogix 500:
2) Now in the Project Tree double click on “Channel Configuration” to open it:
3) Select the Channel 1 tab, then if either BOOTP or DHCP is selected, un-select it:
4) Now enter in your in your IP Address and Subnet Mask at a minimum. If any devices will be accessing this PLC from another Subnet, also enter in the Default Gateway for the PLC’s Subnet.
NOTE: To learn more about IP Addresses, Subnets, and Gateways, check out this article HERE.
5) Now click on “Apply,” and then “OK,” then save your project.
6) You are now ready to download the program with the new IP Address to your SLC-5/05, which you can learn how to do via Ethernet HERE, or via Serial HERE.
7) After downloading, I recommend transferring the newly downloaded program to the controller’s Memory Module (if you have one installed.)
Setting a SLC-5/05’s IP Address Online:
1) Setup RSLinx Classic and go online with your SLC-5/05. If you are unfamiliar with how to do this follow my step-by-step article HERE:
2) Once online, double click on “Channel Configuration” in the Project Tree to open it:
3) Select the Channel 1 tab, and if either BOOTP or DHCP is selected un-select it:
4) Now, at a minimum you must enter in your in your IP Address and Subnet Mask. Also, if any devices will be accessing this PLC from another Subnet through a router, also enter in the Default Gateway for this PLC’s Subnet.
NOTE: To learn more about IP Addresses, Subnets, and Gateways, check out this article HERE.
5) If you’re asked to Apply the changes, first read the notice prior to clicking on “Apply.” Also note that if you’re connected via Ethernet, and you change the IP Address, your PC and anything else connected via the old Ethernet address will be disconnected:
6) If the processor is in remote Run mode, you will need to confirm the change to remote program mode to update the IP Address (and as mentioned above you may be disconnected afterwards:)
7) If you are still connected and were in the remote Run mode earlier, you will be asked if you’d like to return the controller to remote Run mode:
8) At this point, I recommend uploading and saving your updated SLC-5/05 project, and then transferring the updated program to the controller’s Memory Module if you have one installed.
I hope today’s article about how to set a SLC-5/05’s Ethernet Address using RSLogix 500 was helpful.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to post the by clicking on the “Click here to post a comment or question” link below.
Until next time, Peace ✌️
If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.
Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator
Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.
I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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SLC-5/05, RSLinx – Setup Ethernet Communications and Download using RSLogix 500
So you need to know how to setup RSLinx Classic to communicate to an Allen-Bradley SLC-5/05 using Ethernet in order to download (or go online) using RSLogix 500?
Well you’re in luck as in today’s article I’ll walk you step-by-step through how you setup RSLinx Ethernet communications, as well as how to download and/or go online using RSLogix 500:
Prerequisites: Before you begin, be sure you have RSLogix 500 and RSLinx Classic installed. You’ll also want to be sure you have the correct Ethernet address of the SLC-5/05 you’re going to download to.
If you’d prefer to setup communications using Serial RS232 DF1, see this article. And for images of the SLC-5/05 communications ports see this article.
Step 1) Ethernet Connectivity
First, insure you have Ethernet connectivity between your PC and SLC-5/05. The easiest way to check to see if you’re connect is to ping it, which you can learn how to do in this article.
Step 2) Now open RSLinx Classic, and choose “Configure Drivers” in the “Communications” menu:
Step 3) Next, from the “Available Driver Types” drop down list, select “Ethernet/IP Driver.” This driver which will attempt to automatically find your SLC-5/05 on your Ethernet network:
Step 4) Now click on “Add New:”
Step 5) Then click on “OK:”
Step 6) Next, select the Ethernet Port on your PC which is on the same network as your SLC-5/05. Beware, in most cases this will be your wired and not your Wifi network:
Step 7) Now click on “OK” to close the window:
Step 8) And click on “Close” to close the Configure Drivers window:
Step 9) Next, double click on your new driver in the RSWho window to expend it as shown below:
Step 10) If after ten seconds of browsing RSLinx does not find your SLC-5/05, you may want to try the “Ethernet devices” driver which you can add without removing the Ethernet/IP driver.
To add the “Ethernet devices” driver select “Configure Drivers” again in the Communications” menu, then select the “Ethernet devices” driver under “Available Driver Types:”
Step 11) Now click on “Add New” and “Ok:”
Step 12) Next, add the Ethernet address of your SLC-5/05, and then click on OK:
Step 13) Now double click on your new driver in the RSWho window. After a few seconds your SLC-5/05 should appear:
Step 14) With RSLinx communications setup, now open RSLogix 500, and then open your program file:
Step 15) Then from the “Comms” menu, select “System Comms:”
Step 16) In the popup Communications window, expand your Ethernet driver and select your SLC-5/05:
Step 17) Now to download your program, just select the Download button. Alternatively, you could go online by selecting the Online button:
Step 18) At this point, if you made any changes to your program you may be prompted to save it.
Step 19) If you chose to download you program, confirm your choice as seen below:
NOTE: The SLC-5/05 can only hold one program at a time, and downloading a new program to it will erase the SLC’s current program. If you do not have a copy of the program currently in your SLC-5/05, you may want to upload it first before you perform a download.
Step 20) At this point if the Current Project Settings don’t match the System settings you’ll be asked if you would like to update the Project Settings:
Step 21) And if the Controller is different, you’ll be asked to confirm the change, and to resize data tables:
Step 22) If the SLC-5/05 was in Remote Run Mode, you’ll be asked if you would like to put it into Remote Program Mode so the download can take place.
Step 23) Next, if the communications settings in your SLC-5/05 are different than the settings in the program you’re downloading, you will receive a notice asking if you’d like to change the SLC-5/05’s settings to match the program you’re downloading:
NOTE: If you change the settings of the port you are downloading to, after the download you likely will lose communications with the SLC. To regain comms, you’ll have to edit your driver in RSLinx to match the new settings in the program you downloaded.
Step 24) At the end of the download process, if you still have communications with the SLC-5/05 controller you’ll be given the option of putting the controller back into the Remote Run Mode (if it was in the Remote Run Mode prior to downloading.) After which you’ll be asked if you’d like to go online:
I hope today’s article about how to setup RSLinx Classic to communicate to a SLC-5/05 on Ethernet, and then how to download to it using RSLogix 500 was helpful.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to post the by clicking on the “Click here to post a comment or question” link below.
Until next time, Peace ✌️
If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.
Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator
Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.
I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting
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- Article: The SLC-500: Controller Image Gallery
- Article: The Fixed Style SLC-500
- Podcast: Programmable Controller Non-Volatile and Volatile Memory
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Communications
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- Video: A-B SLC-500 Serial Comm Setup & Download
- Article: The SLC-500: Communicate and Download over DH-485 using RSLinx and RSLogix 500
- Video: A-B SLC-500 DH-485 Comm Setup & Download
- Article: PLC-5 and SLC-500: Communicate and Download over Data Highway Plus using RSLinx and RSLogix
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Software
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- Article: RSLogix 500 and Micro Get Windows 8 Release
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- Article: How to setup and use RS Emulate
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- Article: How to Message (MSG) data from a SLC-5/05 to a MicroLogix 1400 over Ethernet
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- Video: Converting SLC-500 Programs to MicroLogix
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