Benefits. Simplified, user-friendly Windows interface resulting in increased productivity

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2 Overview Ease of Use RSLogix is a family of products including RSLogix 5, RSLogix 500, and RSLogix 5000 that incorporates the latest software technologies, providing you with a powerful development environment that will increase your productivity and profitability. Operating in the familiar and powerful pointand-click Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, or Windows 2000 environments, each of the RSLogix programs combines powerful functionality and superior diagnostics yielding an unbeatable productivity tool. Reliable communications combined with an industry-leading user interface make it the programming solution for both firsttime users and seasoned professionals alike. The RSLogix family provides everything you ve come to expect in a quality programming software package and more: Online/offline programming I/O module layout and configuration Database editing Symbolic addressing and programming Cross-reference information Advanced troubleshooting features Reporting 2 Benefits The RSLogix family runs in the intuitive 32-bit Microsoft Windows environment. This makes RSLogix easy to learn and easy to use. The drag-and-drop functionality and multiple window views speed you through your programming projects, maximizing as well as saving development time. RSLogix 5000 has an added feature called the I/O Configuration Wizard, which assists you with the normally arduous task of configuring and setting up the I/O modules in your system. The wizard walks you through all of the parameters associated with a module via a friendly question and answer-driven interface. This streamlines the development task, saving you valuable time. The screens built into these wizards are later provided as module property dialogs to allow you to view the module s status or change the operational settings. Simplified, user-friendly Windows interface resulting in increased productivity Faster and easier diagnostics, troubleshooting, and debugging resulting in reduced downtime Easier program maintenance across platforms resulting in reduced programming time and cost Easier communications configuration resulting in reduced setup time

3 Superior Development Tools Taking full advantage of the power of Microsoft s operating systems, the RSLogix family s flexible and powerful editor features allow you to create application programs quickly and easily. As with all Windows applications, when using RSLogix you can open several views at the same time allowing you to edit several ladder logic, structured text, or sequential function chart files simultaneously. The editor allows you to create several rungs at the same time, and a powerful ASCII editor gives you the ability to enter rungs quickly by using the keyboard to enter the instruction mnemonics and parameters. Online editing allows you to modify your application program while the process is still operating. If you are concerned with IEC 1131-compliant solutions, RSLogix meets your needs too. RSLogix 5000 provides IEC 1131-compliant Ladder Diagram (LD) and Function Block Diagram (FBD) language editors and an IEC 1131-compliant data model using symbolic data tag names. To augment these control languages, RSLogix 5000 provides industryspecific instructions that simplify Motion, Process, Drives, and Sequential control applications. The Project Verifier allows you to quickly correct program errors at your convenience by providing you with a list of application errors. This powerful feature enables RSLogix to provide you with flexible editors that allow you to concentrate on creating the application logic you need and not on the instruction syntax as you create your application program. RSLogix 5000 provides support for the Logix5000 s Highly Integrated Motion functionality. The integrated motion configuration wizard and ladder logic instructions set include the same drag-and-drop and navigation features found throughout the RSLogix environment. Providing an integrated hardware and software platform to meet your combined motion and programmable controller needs allows you to reduce the number of software packages you need to learn and maintain. Additionally, RSLogix 5 includes IEC based structured text (STX) and sequential function chart (SFC) editors. Dragand-drop editing is one of the most powerful productivity enhancing features found in the RSLogix family. Drag-anddrop editing lets you quickly build rungs, or SFC and FBD diagrams. You can also move instructions from rung to rung within a project, SFC or FBD elements from diagram to diagram, SFC or FBD diagrams or ladder logic rungs from one subroutine or project to another, or data table elements from one data file to another. You can even add addresses to instructions using the Data Table monitor, Database file, or the Address/Symbol Picker. RSLogix 5000 also makes your program easier to interpret and maintain because it permits you to create customized data types by combining multiple data elements into a compound structure. The data type structure editor permits you to name each element or field of a structure for its use in your application. 3

4 Troubleshooting Made Easy When troubleshooting an application, quick and accurate information is critical. The RSLogix family is designed to make troubleshooting complex problems easier than ever before. Advanced Diagnostics, RSLogix s powerful searching tool, allows you to quickly locate the specific area in the application that is causing a problem. Using page titles in your ladder logic, Advanced Diagnostics promptly locates the outputs in a particular section of your ladder logic, then jumps to the rung associated with each output. You can diagnose the interaction of output instructions within a section of your program by viewing them at the same time. Using the online cross-reference, you can move to the rung or instruction you desire by clicking on the referenced item in the cross-reference view. Custom Display Monitors in RSLogix 5 and 500 allow you to examine the status of individual data table elements such as bits, timer, counter, inputs, and outputs simultaneously in one view. Program files can be viewed as multiple ladder logic, SFC, FBD, or STX files in a tabbed window, or in individual windows for each program file, or in a combination of the two. You can view multiple projects simultaneously for cutting and pasting functions. Compatibility The RSLogix family provides complete compatibility with Rockwell Software s popular DOS-based programming products, A.I. Series Ladder Logistics and 6200 Series software. Projects developed with these products can be imported to RSLogix by simply opening your existing projects. Likewise, projects developed using RSLogix 5 for the PLC-5 family of processors or RSLogix 500 for the SLC 500 and MicroLogix 1000 processors can be exported back to the appropriate DOS programming package just as easily. As an added feature, RSLogix 5000 incorporates a powerful project translator that can assist you with the conversion of your existing PLC-5 and SLC 500 project, programmed with any of Rockwell Software s DOS-based or Windows-based products, to the new Logix5000 controller. The translation process converts your application logic, data, and documentation quickly and efficiently. With the RSLogix family you can develop your project using all the time-saving features of RSLogix and still support it using any of your DOS-based or Windows-based RSLogix 5000 programming packages. RSLogix 5 and 500 feature a compare utility that enables you to find differences between two application programs. These application programs can be any combination of online and offline file. With RSLogix 5000 you can easily take advantage of the online storage of the troubleshooting Logix5000 application from any terminal. This Logix5000 feature will provide you with a self-documenting project and ensures that you always have access to the latest project documentation data. 4

5 Interoperability Rockwell Software provides you with the most powerful and complete programming products available today in the RSLogix family. The interoperability between RSLogix and the Rockwell Software HMI package, RSView32, and communication package, RSLinx, positions RSLogix as the ultimate programming solution. With the Rockwell Software family of products, you have the ability to share your database with RSView32. You can create schematic drawings of your system directly from your RSLogix project using RSWire, automatically tune PID loops with RSTune, trend critical application parameters with RSTrend, or test and debug your ladder logic programs in your office using RSLogix Emulate 5 or RSLogix Emulate 500. Help at Your Fingertips If you should run into trouble understanding a function of RSLogix, help is just a mouse-click away. RSLogix s comprehensive Help system even leads you step-by-step through many common activities and application scenarios. Context menus for common software features are quickly accessible by clicking the right mouse button on an address, symbol, instruction, rung, or other application object. These tools save you time with complex tasks, because you don t have to remember the placement of functionality options in the menu bar. Built for Performance Advanced Diagnostics Custom Display Monitors complete compatibility family of products Help system Using the 32-bit Windows environments, Rockwell Software RSLogix goes beyond easy-to-use. It s intuitive. The comprehensive development tools of RSLogix allow you to streamline your application development process. Equipped with RSLogix s Advanced Diagnostics and comprehensive Help system, you are able to save time and money. The compatibility and interoperability with other Rockwell Software packages contribute to providing you with a world-class programming tool; just one facet of the total software solution available through Rockwell Software. intuitive 5

6 get connected... The RSLogix Forum provides a place for the RSLogix user community to exchange application ideas and information; where users can get connected. Through the forum, you can: Participate in discussions about features and their possible uses. Learn about other users tips and tricks they ve discovered through their own experience. Give us your suggestions for new features and functionality. Get connected with the RSLogix Forum. 6

7 Additional Software Ask your local distributor or sales representative about these other products from Rockwell Software: RSView32 is an integrated, component-based HMI software product for monitoring and controlling your automation machines and processes. RSNetWorx is a graphical network management and configuration tool that provides an instant, selectable view of any ControlNet or DeviceNet network. RSLinx is a complete communications driver suite to view all your active networks in a single window and run any combination of supported applications simultaneously. RSSql is an event-driven database transaction processor that provides bi-directional links between your process control systems and your enterprise-wide database systems. For More Information If you d like more information about Rockwell Software RSLogix products, check out the RSLogix Technical Data sheets, which are available through your local Rockwell Automation sales office or authorized Allen-Bradley distributor. Or, for more information on the latest pricing and product development or a demonstration of any Rockwell Software package, please contact your local Rockwell Automation sales office or Allen-Bradley distributor. For the very latest on Rockwell Software product development, visit our Web site at: RSWire is a comprehensive, computer-aided engineering tool for producing accurate, error-free, and intelligent control schematics and the reports that go with them. RSBatch is a complete batch process management tool based on S88.01 models for efficient, predictable operations of batch processing. 7

8 Rockwell Software For more information on the latest pricing or a demonstration of any Rockwell Software package, please contact your local Rockwell Automation sales office or Allen-Bradley distributor. For the very latest on Rockwell Software products, visit us at: Rockwell Software Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. RSLogix, RSLogix 5, RSLogix 500, RSGuardian, RSPocketLogix, RSView32, RSWire, RSNetWorx, RSSql, RSBizWare Historian, RSBizWare ComplianceTrack, ControlPak, A.I. Series, and the Rockwell Software logo are trademarks of Rockwell Software Inc. PLC and PLC-5 are registered trademarks, and Logix5000, SLC 500, and MicroLogix are trademarks of the Allen-Bradley Company. IntelliSense, Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged. Doc ID 9398-LOGIXPF-NOV00