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PLC-5 Content Guide Index

Welcome to The Automation Blog’s PLC-5 Content Guide Index which is an ordered list of all of our PLC-5 articles and videos.

Below you’ll find over 37 of our free articles and videos listed with titles only. If you’d prefer a list with excerpts, click here.

Note: Our PLC-5 Online course, Ultimate PLC-5, is available here.


  1. How To Find Your Local Rockwell Distributor or Representative
  2. How To Find Your Local Rockwell Distributor or Representative (M4E17)
  3. Programmable Controller Non-Volatile and Volatile Memory (P7)
  4. PLC-5 – Why is 1771 I/O Addressed in Octal? (qa230130)
  5. RSLogix 5, 500, and Micro support for Windows XP / 7 / 8
  6. PLC-5, RSLinx Classic – Setup DF1 Serial Communications And Download
  7. PLC-5, RSLinx Classic – Setup DF1 Serial Communications And Download (M3E18)
  8. USB to Data Highway Plus (DHP, DH+) – Setup RSLinx with ANC-120e and Download to PLC-5 and SLC-500 using RSLogix
  9. USB to Data Highway Plus (DHP, DH+) – Setup RSLinx with ANC-120e and Download to PLC-5 and SLC-500 using RSLogix (M3E19)
  10. USB To Data Highway Plus (DHP, DH+) – Using the ANC-120e, a lower cost alternative to the 1784-U2DHP
  11. USB To Data Highway Plus (DHP, DH+) – First Look and Use of the ANC-120e (P35)
  12. PLC-5 – How to add Ethernet Communications
  13. PLC-5 – Ethernet Options (P22)
  14. Ethernet – How to “Ping” a PLC
  15. RSEmulate – How to Setup and Use
  16. RSEmulate – How to Setup and Use (M2E40)
  17. VMware – Settings that work with RSLinx, ControlFlash, and BOOTP
  18. VMware – Settings that work with RSLinx, ControlFlash, BOOTP (M2E18)
  19. Point I/O vs Flex I/O
  20. PLC-5 – Updating Redundant Programs
  21. Sample Code – Setup and Download Demo Programs to A-B PLCs (P36)
  22. Sample Code – How to download free A-B Sample Programs and AOIs (M2E38)
  23. DF1 to Ethernet Bridge: 515RTAENI First Look (S03)
  24. DF1 to Ethernet Bridge, Message (MSG): Send Data Between DF1 and Ethernet Devices using 515RTAENI (S04)
  25. Message (MSG) – ControlLogix Reading Data Over Data Highway Plus (DH+, DHP) from PLC-5, SLC-500 (S27)
  26. FTLinx, RSLinx Enterprise, ViewME – DH+ / Data Highway Plus to ControlLogix, SLC-5/04, & PLC-5 (S35)
  27. FTLinx, RSLinx Enterprise – DH+ / Data Highway Plus Timeouts (Q&A)
  28. RSLinx, MSExcel – Get A-B Programmable Controller Data into Microsoft Excel using RSLinx Classic
  29. RSLinx, MSExcel – Get A-B Programmable Controller Data into Microsoft Excel using RSLinx Classic (M4E41)
  30. MQTT – Connect A-B PLCs & PACs to the Cloud (S2E01)
  31. PanelView Standard – Data Highway Plus (DHP, DH+) Communications to SLC-5/04 and PLC-5 (S32)
  32. RSView32 – Ethernet to Data Highway Plus (DHP, DH+) Communications to SLC-5/04 and PLC-5 using 1756 Gateway (S36)
  33. Migrate / Convert – Leaving Your Legacy Control Equipment
  34. Migrate / Convert – PLC-5, SLC-500, and MicroLogix Programs to RSLogix/Studio 5000 and Logix Controllers
  35. Migrate / Convert – SLC-500, MicroLogix Programs to RSLogix/Studio 5000 using the Translate PLC-5 SLC 2.0 Utility Step-By-Step
  36. Migrate / Convert – Translate PLC-5 SLC 2.0 Utility Changes I’d Like To See
  37. Migrate / Convert – Working Around Translate PLC-5 SLC 2.0 Utility’s Syntax Error
  38. Flashback Friday! RSLogix 5 Sum Integer File using FAL
  39. RSLogix 5 Ladder Logic Sum a Integer File using a FAL

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