The Automation Blog’s “Best Of 2014”


Most of the automation world was happily on vacation last week, so today we’ll recap last week’s “Best of 2014” series.


7 Things about ControlLogix“Best Of 2014″ Logix blogs

Last Monday in this article we shared the seven most popular CompactLogix and ControlLogix blogs of 2104.

These included articles like, “What you need to know before upgrading to RSLogix 5000 v20.03,” Which RSLogix 5000 package is right for you,” and “Data Logging Options For CompactLogix and ControlLogix.”

To see the complete list, with links directly to the most popular Logix blogs of 2014, check out Monday’s article here.


“Best Of 2014″ PanelView blogs

7 Things about PanelView PlusLast Tuesday in this article we shared the seven most popular PanelView blogs of 2104.

These included articles like, “Downloading the updated PanelView Plus Transfer Utility ,” “Seven things you need to know before using the PanelView Plus,” and “Remotely controlling your Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus using VNC.”

To see the complete list, with links directly to the most popular PanelView blogs of 2014, check out Tuesday’s article here.

“Best Of 2014″ SLC & MicroLogix blogs

Fixed SLC-500 to MicroLogix 1200Last Wednesday in this article we shared the seven most popular SLC and MicroLogix blogs of 2104.

These included articles like, “How to get a free copy of RSLogix Emulate 500,” “Which Allen-Bradley MicroLogix models support Modbus,” and “Free MicroLogix 1000 (and 1100) Programming Software.”

To see the complete list, with links directly to the most popular SLC and MicroLogix blogs of 2014, check out Wednesday’s article here.


“Best Of 2014″ Miscellaneous blogs

Best of 2013 Misc Blogs Featured ImageFinally, last Friday in this article we shared the seven most popular blogs of 2104 which didn’t fit into one of the three above categories.

These included articles like, “Free Allen-Bradley software (part 1),” “Getting Allen-Bradley PLC data into Excel using RSLinx Classic,” and “Using Batch Files to change your PC’s IP address.”

To see the complete list, with links directly to the most popular miscellaneous blogs of 2014, check out Friday’s article here.


I hope you’ve found this recap of our “Best of 2014″ articles helpful.

If you have your own favorite post, or have a question about one of the above articles, please let us know by using the “post a comment or question” link below.

Happy New Year!

Until next time, Peace ✌️ 

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