RSLogix 5™ 
Programming for Allen-Bradley PLC-5 Family

What’s New in Version 5.50.00?
5 August, 2002

Updating RSLogix 5  |  Current Enhancements  |  Current Repairs   |  Known Anomalies  |  Caveats

IMPORTANT - Effective with this release V5.50, RSLogix 5 no longer supports operation on workstations running Microsoft Windows 95™ operating system.  RSLogix 5 is supported on workstations running Microsoft Windows 98™, Windows ME™, Windows NT 4.0™ SP6a and greater, Windows 2000™ or Windows XP™ operating system.

IMPORTANT- An I/O editing anomaly in RSLogix 5 V5.20.10 may have incorrectly saved I/O configuration information.  Please see the details below (use the "Current Repairs" link) prior to opening such projects in V5.20.20.

IMPORTANT-CONFIGURING I/O OVER CNET ONLINE !  Effective with V5.20.00 the CNET I/O applets are updated from the data tables not the .XC file (as was the case in prior releases). See "Current Enhancements" for further details.

IMPORTANT STX Users!  Using RSLogix 5 to upload or save PLC5 programs (in .X5 format), which contain structured text program files, results in input expressions being modified.  This is true for all versions of RSLogix 5 prior to r4.11.00.  Re-downloading after this occurs may result in undesired operation.

IMPORTANT CONTROLNET 1.5 USERS!  RSLogix 5 r5.xx and RSLogix 5 r4.xx integrate with RSNetworx for the development and maintenance of ControlNet 1.5 systems.  You must update RSNetworx to r2.22 or later. Failure to update may lead to unsatisfactory results.  RSLogix 5 r5.xx or r4.xx should not be used with any RSNetworx version prior to r2.22.  Failure to heed this caution may result in a corrupt ControlNet 1.5 configuration file (.XC).

IMPORTANT EDITING ONLINE!  If you cut and paste or Drag and Drop to a data or address location while ONLINE, Your action will take effect IMMEDIATELY!  There is no “Are you Sure” prompt for this action.

IMPORTANT ALL RSSql, RSView, RSLinx USERS!  If you install RSLogix 5 r4.00.00 and save a new .RSP, your connection from RSSql, RSView, or RSLinx to the tags contained in the RSP will no longer work.  If you are using Tags acquired using an active connection to the RSLogix 5 .RSP, Install the Database Update provided with r4.10.00 or later onto the computer running the RSSql, RSView, or RSLinx application to resolve this issue.  

IMPORTANT ALL USERS!   When you accept an online edit in RSLogix 5 r3.22.00 the data associated with the rung is transmitted to the processor.  The data sent to the processor may be out-of-date.  When you begin an online edit RSLogix 5 caches the values associated with the rung you are editing.  Upon acceptance of the online edit the cached data is sent to the processor.  This may affect your application program in ways you did not anticipate.  RSLogix 5 r3.02.00 did not transmit any of the data to your processor.  This resulted in many of you experiencing problems with online editing.  Earlier versions of RSLogix 5 operate as r3.22.00 does, RSLogix 5 r3.22.00 restores this earlier functionality.

IMPORTANT CONTROLNET 1.5 USERS!  After downloading any ControlNet 1.5 configuration changes with RSNetWorx, you must upload each PLC5 processor's program and save it using RSLogix to ensure that the ControlNet system map remains synchronized.

IMPORTANT ALL USERS!   Following an online edit or project download the Enhanced PLC5 processor must generate the processor checksum.  The checksum generation is performed as a background processor task.  The calculation can take seconds or minutes to complete.  If you perform a save during the checksum calculation it is likely that you will be forced to upload the processor project the next time you Go Online.  RSLogix 5 r3.22.00 or later warns you of this possibility if the checksum is being generated when you attempt to save the project.
Enhanced PLC5 processors series E revision D or later contain an enhancement that generates the checksum during the download.

All Users
You must use RSLinx r2.10.175 or later with RSLogix 5 with Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 98. RSLinx Lite is included with RSLogix 5.

To Update Release from earlier releases         [goto Top]

To update to RSLogix 5 r5.xx from an earlier version you must remove the earlier version first.  Use Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel to remove the previously installed version. Your project files will not be affected.  To install RSLogix 5 r5.xx run the SETUP program located on the CD.   Remember, your new r4.1x RSP and older RSP projects once opened with r4.00.00 or later cannot be opened in versions prior to r4.00.00 of RSLogix 5.

NOTE! Upgrading RSLogix 5 on WIN2K PC's that also have RSNetWorx installed may require you to reinstall RSNetWorx after RSLogix 5 is installed.

Important!  Projects that have been created with r5.xx can be opened with r4.xx, however r5.x specific feature content stored in the RSP file (CGM, VBA, etc.) will be lost if you resave in r4.xx.

New Features         [goto Top]

The following is a list of enhancements included at the time the software was shipped to you:

    The following new features have been added to RSLogix 5 Professional:

• A Logic Trace feature allows you to use Web browser type navigation buttons to move through your ladder logic history, quickly going to recently selected rungs/instructions.
• A Source Control capability, which allows the user to maintain a database of RSLogix project files (.RSP) via 'Check In' and 'Check Out' options.  This has been implemented as a “Lite” version of RSMACC Archive. NOTE: This functionality requires Windows 2000™ or Windows XP™.  It also requires installation and configuration of the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) via the Source Control install, found on the RSLogix CD.
• The ability to create and edit database descriptions and comments using the RSLogix Automation Interface
• Access to Password/Privilege editing functions using the RSLogix Automation Interface
• Added Memory Size to the Processor objects class

    The following new features have been added to RSLogix 5 Professional and Standard:

• Cross Reference Navigation which allows a user to navigate to the "referenced" logic from the cross reference data on the ladder display. For instance, it will navigate from an input instruction on a rung to the "referenced" output rung controlling that instruction.  
• Auto-Document feature which prompts the user for a symbol and description entry when a new address (undocumented) is entered in the Logic editor
• Scoping for Search Operations permitting user to select which database fields to include in text searches
• Access to RSTune and RSLoopOptimizer from PID instructions in the RSLogix editor (this Requires RSLinx V2.31 or later for Topic creation)
• The current rung location is preserved when going from OFF<>ON

No new features have been added in V5.20.20.

The following is a list of enhancements included in V5.20.10.

• Added support for the 1794-ASB Ser. E adapter
• Added support for the 1794-OB32P and the 1794-IB32, 32 point discrete modules

The following is a list of enhancements included in V5.20.

• Added the CNet Diagnostics file under the Channel Status folder.
• When online the CNet I/O configuration applets are now updated from the corresponding data table values, rather than the .XC file. This was changed to fix the problem of I/O applet data not reflecting the "on the fly" reconfiguration of CNet I/O data.
• Added support for the Domain Name Service client available in PLC5E and 1785 -ENET Sidecar modules
• Added support for using a host name and domain name in Ethernet message instructions
• Added support for importing HTML data in PLC5 ASCII data table files
• RSLogix no longer installs EDS files. They are available from RSNetWorx and RSLinx.
• Added CNETSRVC.dll merge module to the RSLogix 5 install to enable RSLogix 5 to read RSNetWorx configuration data without requiring RSNetWorx to be installed. Under these circumstances the operation is as follows:
  1. Creating a new project works fine, except that an XC file cannot be created or spawned, nor can an existing XC file be imported.
  2. For existing projects, if the XC association does not previously exist it CANNOT be created.
  3. For existing projects, if the XC association DOES exist, it cannot be edited; any attempt to do so clears the field without warning.
  4. Projects for CNET PLC's can be created or modified (including CNET-related instructions) except for CNET I/O Config.
  5. Opening a CNET project with a pre-existing valid XC association (i.e. the XC file DOES EXIST in the specified path) and launching I/O Config WILL bring up any mapped adapters and modules. However, launching any of the discrete applets will show the addressing info to be incomplete, while the analog applets will not initialize at all.
• Installing RSLogix5 and RSLinx or RSNetWorx, provides full CNET project support.

The following is a list of enhancements included in V5.00.

    The following new features have been added to RSLogix 5 Professional:

• Ability to compare I/O configuration
• Ability to compare channel configuration
• Added Custom Graphic Monitor to enhance diagnostic capabilities
• Embedded Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications editor to allow you to create scripts
• Added ability to use MS Excel as the description database editor
• Included a Recipe monitor to make it easier to view application recipes
• Access to the Automation Interface for “In process” (VBA scripts) applications
• Included RSLogix Emulate 5 in RSLogix 5 Professional
• Include RSNetworx for ControlNet and RSNetworx for DeviceNet in RSLogix 5 Professional

    The following new features have been added to RSLogix 5 PRO and Standard:

• Added support for up to 255 Comms drivers
• Express Online and Online now to optimize going online quickly
• Enhanced user interface on Report Options
• User Application Help which allows the user to add their own reference source (document, web page, etc.) to the RSLogix 5 project and bring it up from the Help menu
• Support for 1747/1746 I/O over CNET*
• Next unused address is available for setting indexed paste addresses
• Display/Edit address descriptions in CDM views
• CIO instruction enhancements (to support 1747 I/O over CNET, Multi-hop and bi-directional support)
• Support for logging access permissions in Security Server
• CNET Hot Backup support for PLC5 Series F/C

*The I/O configuration applets for 1746/1747 I/O over CNET do not support entering safe state data.  An application note with instructions for entering safe state data is available through Technical Support. 

When using non-default connections with 1746/1747 I/O over CNET, the RSLogix I/O applet will not reflect the correct register allocation size for the connection. This makes it possible for the user to misinterpret input data or overwrite output data that is not really associated with the connection being displayed by the applet. This not only applies to 1747 modules, but to 1794 and most 1771 modules as well.  There are 2 ways to avoid encountering this problem:

1) Always accept the default allocation sizes (the maximum number of registers supported) when mapping these modules in RSNetWorx

2) If non-default allocation mappings are selected, use the data table addresses rather than the I/O applets for writing or reading information to/from these modules.

RSLogix 5 r4.11.00

No new features have been added to this release of RSLogix 5.

RSLogix 5 r4.10.00

No new features have been added to this release of RSLogix 5.

RSLogix 5 r4.00.00

• Program Compare, Select base as on-line or off-line file and compared file as on-line or off-line file.  Graphical compare with display filters for viewing and reporting.
• Quick On-Line allows quicker access to user program files while remainder of project is uploading
• Auto Address filters next available address, new file or symbol, select desired entry at the touch of a key
• AI style "Dot" commands
• Goto file/rung or address, jumps to desired location in Ladder or Data Table file
• Search and Replace finds all instances for address or symbol in Ladder files.   Replaces value or moves/copies Description if selected
• Search Description, searches in the Address/Symbol database view for all instances of desired string
• Default Project Save, project default settings can be saved for use in all newly created projects
• Projects Backup Span, Saving a project to removable disk will span to another disk if project exceeds available disk space.
• Secondary Save Path, Uses the user defined path setting to save a second copy of a project.
• Instruction Palette,  Added the instruction palette to allow you quick access to all the instructions.
• Instruction Tool Bar, re-introduced the customizable instruction tool bar
• Report enhancements, Summarized print of PID, MSG settings, Custom Title page bitmap, Start rung on new page, Double sided binding page format, User Program View settings in report, Save/Load print settings for reuse, Cross-reference Font and size selectable.
• Parent/Child description inheritance for Timer, Counter, Control of Binary address
• Rung Comment association selectable File/Rung or Output address
• Search Advanced Diagnostics speed improved
• PLC 5/20C1.5 /F processor support
• Enhanced SoftLogix 5 support
• Security Server client enabled (requires Rockwell Software Security Server, configured to operate) Do not enable security client at time of install, unless you have Security Server accessible to RSLogix 5 client.

RSLogix 5 r3.22.00

No new features have been added to this release of RSLogix 5.

RSLogix 5 r3.21.00

• Added support for the ControlNet 1.5 Hot backup system for ControlNet 1.5 processor series F/A and later
• Added support for unsolicited ControlNet 1.5 message (MSG) instructions.
• Simplified the SFC conversion process when changing a Classic PLC5 program to an Enhanced PLC5 program.
• Added warnings to advise the user that the processor checksum is in the process of being calculated and that a save may result in the need to upload the next time you go online with the processor.
• Added support for RSLogix symbols and address descriptions to the PC5 library function.   This support prevents any truncation from occurring when reusing the library with RSLogix.  When saving a PC5 library file intended for reuse with A.I. Series PLC5 software, address description lines containing more than 15 characters OR symbols longer than 15 characters are truncated to match the A.I. Series PLC 5 programming software address description and symbol length. You can prevent this truncation by limiting the length of symbols and address description lines from the Tools>Options dialog.

RSLogix 5 r3.02.00

• Added support for the EPIC-style multi-hop messaging for communication with Logix5550 processors
• Added support for SoftLogix 5 user-defined data structures.
• Added a report that allows you to document the contents of a SoftLogix 5 user-defined data structure.
• Added support for sharing ControlNet 1.5 configuration information with RSNetworx.
• When you drag-and-drop rungs or instructions between projects you now have the option of including symbols and instruction comments.
• While online you can accept multiple rung changes simultaneously by highlighting the affected rungs and selecting Accept Rung Edits
• If you assign a symbol to a Timer, Counter, or Control element the control bits and subelements acquire the elements symbol by default.  You can assign unique symbols to the subelements and control bits.
• You can know configure system using 1797-ACN15 and 1797-ACNR15
• When opening projects created with PLC 5 A.I. Series the I/O configuration data is imported in to your RSLogix 5 project.

RSLogix 5 r2.00.47

• Support for the SoftLogix 5 control engine was added.
• Enhanced the upload and download process to speed performance.
• You can now perform partial downloads of a project.
• You can specify a range on rungs within a program file for reporting.
• Cross-reference has been added to the ladder display and reporting.
• You can set the starting page number of a report. This setting only impacts the hardcopy.
• You can control Report properties separately from the View properties.
• Support for the RSTrendX ActiveX control has been added allowing you to add trends to your project when the RSTrendX ActiveX control is loaded on your computer. The RSTrendX control is included with RSLogix 5 Standard edition.
• Enhanced drag-and-drop editing of addresses and rungs to include symbols and address comments
• Support for additional I/O modules 1402-LS51A, 1771-IXHR, 1771-VHSC and 1771 N-series (1771-NIV, -NT1, -NR, -NOV, -NOC, -NIVT, -NIVR, -NBVC, -NBTC, -NBRC, -BRIDGE1, -NBV1, -NBSC, -NB4S, -NB4T, -NIS, -NIV1, -NT2, -NX1, -NX2, -NX3, -NX4, Custom N-series module).
• Support for additional Flex I/O modules 1794-IE4XOE2, -IE4XOE2/B, -IRT8, -IT8, -IR8, -IF2XOF2I

 

Product Changes         [goto Top]

 

The following is a list of product changes and repairs included at the time the software was shipped to you:

• Fixed the channel status display which was sometimes incorrect for racks higher than 10

• Resolved numerous issues relating to the validation of symbols. Symbols beginning with an alpha character followed by a number(s) are now permitted EXCEPT for those beginning with I, O or S and followed ONLY by a number(s). ie. I23, O3, S2989 are INVALID.  I23A, I_23, O_3, O3_, O3A, S_9, S9_1234, 1010BB, 1234EE and S2989_MORE_TEXT_HERE are all VALID symbols. 

• Fixed the problem causing 'Not Responding" errors when loading projects with CGM displays saved in the workspace

• Removed the display of "unavailable" Program files in the project view

• Removed the inoperable auto-calibrate button for the 1771-IR/B module

• Fixed the STX status display errors

• Fixed the error in the Offline memory used indication that was occurring with indexed string addresses or STX program files

• Significantly reduced the time it takes the address wizard to come up with very large symbol databases

• Fixed the problem that was preventing access to some fonts in the ladder editor

• Fixed the GPF that was occurring when attempting a Find All prior to completing an upload

 

RSLogix 5 r5.20.20.

 

The following I/O Adapters will show up incorrectly in version 5.20.10 if the project was created in any prior version of RSLogix5:

Correct Module	What 5.20.10 will see
1747-ASB (Remote I/O)	Unknown ControlNet Adapter
1794-ASB E (Remote I/O)	N/A (first available in 5.20.10)
1747-ACN (ControlNet)	1747-ACNR (ControlNet)
1747-ACNR (ControlNet)	1794-ASB E (Remote I/O)
1797-ACNR (ControlNet)	1747-ASB (Remote I/O)
Non-I/O ControlNet Device Adapters (PanelView, Drives, etc,)	1797-ACNR (ControlNet)

 

If you have none of these adapters there is NO problem.   The project can be opened with V5.20.20 as per usual.

Any project created in V5.20.10 with any of the listed modules will have to be opened in V5.20.20 with the “Ctrl-Shift-O” key sequence (rather than File>Open or Ctrl-O.)  This will be followed by a confirmation dialog confirming a V5.20.10 project file. 

 

Projects created prior to V5.20.10 can be opened and saved in V5.20.10 provided you DO NOT open I/O Configuration. The project will open in V5.20.20 with no problems.  Projects that are opened and I/O Configuration edited/saved in V5.20.10 will be incorrect for these modules.  V5.20.20 should be used to open an earlier backup of the project.

 

RSLogix 5 r5.20.10

• Fixed the problem going online with the RS5 Emulator.
• Fixed the SaveAs method in the Automation Interface which was saving partial rather than complete.
• Fixed the occasional zeroing out of data file registers following an online save of a ControlNet project.
• Fixed the upload problem that caused the filetype and length to be modified when an "Adapter I/O Data Setting" filetype other than Integer ("N") was specified.
• Fixed the problem causing GPF's when an assemble/cancel edits was performed with the Cross Reference view open.
• Fixed the problem that was truncating the Instruction Palette.
• Fixed the Xref for PID instructions using integer control blocks 
• Fixed and restored the Trend Overlay functionality.
• Fixed the problem that was causing one second Timer time bases to be reset to .01 second when saving a project without verifying it.
• Fixed the verifier problem that was not flagging invalid JSR instructions.
• Fixed some miscellaneous Search/Find bugs.
• Fixed the database import/export issues relating to 6200 format, except for the following instructions: DDT, FBC, AIC, ACI, ACN, AEX, ASC, JMP, LAB, RET, NXT.  Rung comments do not import/export with the correct attachment in these cases.
• Fixed the problem which was saving corrupted .RSP files after going online with an .X5 file.
• Added some clarification in Help about Pro vs. Standard package features.
• Added some clarification in Help about .FX2 files.
• Fixed a upload/download problem that was corrupting SFC programs in certain cases.
• Modified the master password verification routine so MPW's entered in AI or 6200 and containing spaces, are interpreted properly in RSLogix 5.
• Fixed the Reporting problem which incorrectly reported channel configuration.
• Fixed the problem cross referencing MSG instructions.
• Fixed the export problem to include all data pertaining to COP instructions.
• Fixed the Address Wizard to work with symbols that begin with more than one number.
  

RSLogix 5 r5.00.01

• Fixed the online edit problem which was causing communication channel lockups

• Fixed the description export problem preventing AI5 from reading description files

• Fixed the Histogram problem which required a power cycle on the processor in order to restart the Histogram after an abnormal termination

• Added Help text clarifying the operation of Online Now, and a warning about saving over same project file when using Online Now
  

 

RSLogix 5 r5.00.00

RSLogix 5 r4.10.00

• Rung comment (output associated) not being displayed in ladder view
• Rung comments shifting during rung edits
• Sporadic GPF while using CIO setup screen
• Editing data file display in Compare results in GPF's
• Occasional GPF when performing an online edit in Run Mode
• Instruction Palette causes Dr. Watson to appear during resize
• Save may GPF when using WIN95/98/2K over Ethernet
• IDI instruction accepts constants in destination field
• GPF if Help and Cancel Buttons are clicked with error message in back
• Editing data in an instruction with Binary addresses corrupts data
• GPF's when opening a file that is saved in more than one spot
• when doing a display special by right clicking on a CPT instruction RSLogix could GPF
• When going online to a SoftLogix project, RS5 crashes
• Arrange windows GPF's RSLogix (varying methods)
• Address/Symbol Picker takes very long time when selecting all combinations
• Fatal error when creating FAL
• PID configuration does not always print from Report/Options
• Inability to go online with classics that do not have a ladder file 2
• GPF while cross reference is turned ON and editing
• Report preview not affected by any Title, Header or Footer changes.
• 1771 Discrete I/O applet address displays incorrectly for 1771 2-slot addressing on CNET
• Turning off cross reference incorrectly allows .PC5 export routine to bypass some checks
• CDM - Reports
• SFC conversion to .X5 format can result in unwarranted verify errors
• PC5 file import and export irregularities
• Proc/Chan configuration operation can GPF RSLogix
• RSLogix won't allow BCD file in project verify with cross reference enabled
• Changing RADIX back from binary in CDM
• Online edits fail when adding more than 5 extended branches
• Printing some very projects in compare could cause GPF in RSLogix

RSLogix 5 r4.00.00

• Address allocation fixed when using 1771-ID, -OD, -OP, -OR, or -OX modules in a 1771 chassis configured for 2-slot addressing
• Calibrating 1794-OF4I modules.
• I/O configuration applet for the 1771-RTD module.
• If you open the N-Series configuration applet on a ControlNet 1.5 system preserves pre-existing configuration.
• Next and Prev to change the revision note currently being viewed the revision notes.
• Preventing you from creating an IO link greater than Link 0 when configuring a SoftLogix 5 project.
• Data table file associated with an Extended Force File (EFF).
• Drive letter specified in the path to your ControlNet 1.5 project's XC when file is not present on your system no longer causes problems.
• If a channel diagnostic file is deleted RSLogix will now automatically recreate the file.
• You can no longer set the channel diagnostic file of each channel to the same processor data file.
• Several enhanced PLC5 processors offer you advanced PID control options.  These options allow you to enable or disable derivative smoothing, zero crossing deadband, and bias back calculation.   The option now appears as part of the PID instruction setup dialog.
• When searching the direction selection Up now functions as expected. 
• You can now change the Spaces per Tab property for a Structured Text File when using Windows 98.
• The new Cross Reference feature repairs existing defects and enhances performance.

RSLogix 5 r3.22.00

• causing the incorrect mapping of complementary IO when you placed a 32-bit input module and 32-bit output module in the same group when a remote chassis was configured for single slot addressing.
• causing the incorrect mapping of IO addresses for 8-bit modules when the chassis is configured for 2-slot addressing.
• creating an unusually long delay when opening the I/O module monitor for 32-point discrete input or output modules.
• preventing you from calibrating 1794-IXE/B and 1771-OFE
• allowing you to specify the same channel diagnostic data file for multiple channels.
• preventing you from downloading a SoftLogix 5 User-Defined Structure containing an array of BOOLS.
• causing a system lock-up when you deleted a program file associated with a verified SFC diagram.
• corrupting project files when you deleted SFC program files.
• preventing SoftLogix 5 projects containing nested User-Defined Structures (UDS) from loading correctly.
• preventing database records imported from a CSV file from correctly over-writing existing database records.
• causing the control files associated with a DFA instruction to be changed during a save.

RSLogix 5 r3.21.00

• preventing data table edits made during an online edit from being sent to the PLC when the rung is accepted.
• generating incorrect addresses when you attempt to replace a Binary data file when you enter the search parameter in sequential bit form, i.e. B3/*.
• preventing you from using CTRL+C to copy multiple instructions from a rung.
• preventing you from successfully downloading a program with a negative value in a Timer preset or accumulator.
• preventing you from download projects that contain SDS or DFA instructions.
• preventing you from using the auto-calibrate features on IO modules (for example N-series) with some processor series/revisions.
• corrupting program file during uploads, downloads, and online edits of very large SoftLogix 5 program files (>32767 elements).  The correct maximum size in elements for SoftLogix 5 program files is 65535 elements.  You can determine the size in elements of a program file from the Program Files properties dialog.
• causing a GPF when you edited the PC5 library addresses during the import.
• causing the value of the indirect address in indirectly addressed bits to be incorrect.
• causing only the viewable data to be updated when you generated a data table report from a data table view.
• creating corrupt project files after you removed all revision notes from a project.
• causing an imported AI5's revision notes to display in a non-sequential order.
• causing imported Classic PLC5 SFC diagrams to be unusable.
• preventing you from replacing named bits (T4:0/DN) with another numbered bit (B3/1) successfully.
• creating an incompatibility in the database DLL of RSLogix 500 r2.10.12 when installing RSLogix 5 r3.02.00.  This forced you to rebuild the RSLogix 500 database.
• creating a system incompatibility when installing RSLogix 5 r3.02.00 preventing successful upload/download of PanelView projects.  This forced you to update DCOM on your system.
• causing the control bit Rack to Start at (S:26/2) to be ignored by RSLogix I/O configuration function.
• preventing you from setting the Ethernet subnet mask address for an Ethernet PLC5
• causing RSLogix to export integer data table values as unsigned integers.  Data table values are now exported as signed integers.
• causing problems when importing STX files from AI5 or 6200 PLC5 that contain expressions in WHILE, DO, or REPEAT loops when the expression was followed immediately by a bit operation (B3/0 := 1;).
• changing a multi-hop Ethernet MSG to non-multi-hop if you edit the MSG instruction without first using the Start Rung Edits command.
• allowing you to set the DEBUG attribute for program and data files you create online, which should not be allowed.
• the INV instruction is only available in the structured text (STX) editor.

RSLogix 5 r3.02.00

• causing the RSLogix native file (.RSP) size to balloon.
• affecting communication between a  Foxboro Co-processor and the PLC5 following a download via RSLogix 5.
• changing floating-point constants used in CPT, FAL, and CMP instructions to integer constants during project verification.
• changing integer constants used in JSR instructions to floating-point constants during project verification.
• corrupting indirect binary address references imported from AI5 or 6200 PLC5.
• allowing you to allocate too much memory space as data tables in PLC 5/80 processors.
• reversing the paste of order of rungs when you selected them from bottom to top.
• preventing your from viewing comments in STX files now appear during online monitoring.
• preventing you from successfully replacing addresses that use sub-elements.
• preventing you from successfully importing library files (.PC5) that contain bit instructions with indirectly addressed parameters.
• preventing Password and Privilege restrictions from being applied to reports.
• preventing you from changing I/O modules configuration during Run mode on enhanced PLC 5 processors.
• preventing your from successfully uploading a project that uses structured text (STX) files that you have annotated, add to or modify your comments and subsequently save the project while online.
• preventing you from monitoring SI and SO I/O addresses in SoftLogix 5 projects executing on the Allen-Bradley Open Controller.
• When editing a SFC step and specifying a new subchart action the software correctly creates a program file type SFC.
• preventing you from searching for the ";" character within a STX file
• preventing you from setting the Channel Diagnostic file and Global Status Flags file to the same data file.
• preventing you from specifying a I/O Status file greater than data file 255.
• preventing your from using the structured text editor option to display the indirect value within an indirect address while online.
• preventing you from viewing the program or generating a report when Timer, Counter, and Control addresses use four digit file and element numbers.

RSLogix 5 r2.00.47

• causing the Undo function to corrupt the Rung Comment database.
• changing integer constants in JSR, SBR, and RET instructions to floating-point constants when one of the other instruction parameters was a floating-point constant or address.
• causing the COP instruction to create too many elements when using the ST, CT, BT, or MG data-types as the instruction source parameter.
• allowing you to select more than one database component during a CSV database export. This resulted in errors during the subsequent CSV import.
• causing inconsistencies in the PC5 file format between RSLogix 5 and PLC5 AI Series and WINtelligent Logic 5 programming software.
• preventing you from successfully using the ‘*’ wildcard in the Structured Text Editor Search and Replace function.
• preventing you from using the 2’s complement binary mode in the 1771-IL module configuration dialog
• affecting how indirect addresses are imported from .IB1 files created with WINtelligent Logic 5 r3.23.05.
• preventing you from using Extended Forcing with a PLC-5/80V VME processor.

RSLogix 5 r1.00.09

• The project file format (.RSP) has changed. Project files created with the Beta 1 or Beta 2 of RSLogix 5 cannot be opened with the release 1.00. If you need to reuse a project file you must save the project as .X5 format and export the database as a native RSLogix database before you update to release 1.00.
• causing ASCII files containing more than 50 elements to be corrupted during a download.
• preventing you from successfully downloading a ControlNet network configuration files.
• preventing you from successfully downloading programs to Secure processors utilizing the DTEP controller feature.
• preventing you from successfully opening library files (PC5) containing SFC subroutine files.
• preventing you from using the structured text (STX) CASE statement in your STX subroutine files.
• preventing you from using wildcard search parameters when searching and replacing in the structured text editor.
• preventing your from disabling Verifier warnings from the Tools>Option dialog.

Known Defects         [goto Top]
The following is a list of known defects at the time the software was shipped to you.

RSLogix 5 r4.10.00

• Copying to .PC5 can take significantly longer than previous versions.
• Changing the file type for instruction PID from PD to N or N to PD will not convert the data values for new file type.
• Instruction Palette for SoftLogix is missing EAF, NOW, SDT, GYR, GMT, it is necessary to key in the instruction.
• If a program is downloaded to a processor by another RSLogix station while the Checksum is calculating in the processor, the RSLogix station waiting for the Checksum may experience a GPF when “Retry” is chosen for uploading the Checksum.

RSLogix 5 r4.00.00

• In Revision note display, the next button takes you backwards and the previous button takes you forward.
• Output attached rung comments may not appear when entered until verify rung is performed
• Search for rung comments and Page titles doesn't work in Ladder view.
• No error message displays for invalid GOTO
• Printing PID setup not visible for an imported .X5 file. Will require user to verify program before it shows up in report.
• Entering processor name accepts invalid characters. Use of invalid characters will prevent AI 5 package from going online.

RSLogix 5 r3.22.00

• Preventing you from successfully calibrating 1794-OF4I modules.
• Preventing you from successfully using the IO configuration applet for the 1771-RTD module.
• If you open the N-Series configuration applet on a ControlNet 1.5 system any pre-existing configuration data will be overwritten with zeroes.
• When using Next and Prev to change the revision note currently be viewed the revision notes are not correctly incremented or decremented.
• When performing an online Save, if you indicate that data files should not be uploaded during the save, please be aware that any data table values that you have viewed (either in program or data files) will be stored to the offline image.
• Preventing you from creating an IO link greater than Link 0 when configuring a SoftLogix 5 project.
• If you delete the data table file associated with an Extended Force File (EFF) the EFF definition is not cleared, you must clear the EFF or edit it's properties.
• If you program with symbols you cannot enter an indexed symbol, you must enter the direct indexed address.   For example, if the symbol TEST is assigned to N7:0, you cannot enter #TEST in a MOV instruction you must enter #N7:0.
• If you close the RSLogix application during a save operation the software will GPF.
• If the drive letter you specify in the path to your ControlNet 1.5 project's XC file is not present on your system the application locks-up.  This is most notable when passing a project between to different computers.
• If you inadvertently delete channel diagnostic files RSLogix does not automatically recreate the files until you open and close the channel configuration dialog.
• You can set the channel diagnostic file of each channel to the same processor data file.  This renders the channel diagnostics feature useless.
• Several enhanced PLC5 processors offer you advanced PID control options.  These options allow you to enable or disable derivative smoothing, zero crossing deadband, and bias back calculation.   The options do not appear as part of the PID instruction setup dialog. To change these options you must edit the PD data file from a custom data monitor.  The options are enabled by default.  To disable the options you must set (bit equals 1) the corresponding bit in the PD data file.  The bit controling derivative smoothing is PDx:0.DFD.  The bit controlling zero crossing deadband is PDx:0.ZCD.  The bit controlling bias back calculation is PDx:0.BCD.
• When searching the direction selection Up does not function as expected.  All search and replace operations occur in the Down direction.
• You cannot change the Spaces per Tab property for a Structured Text File when using Windows 98.  The software will GPF.
• The Xref (cross-reference) Disable flag in the database has no effect on the cross-reference data generated by RSLogix.  All addresses are cross-referenced regardless of this flag's setting.

RSLogix 5 r3.02.00

• If you delete the ControlNet 1.5 Data Input File (DIF), Data Output File (DOF), Configuration, or Status data files while online, it appears as if the files were successfully deleted.  However, the next time you go online with the processor these files will reappear.
• You cannot add a chassis to a I/O scanner channel scanlist while online in Run mode.
• If you attempt to print a SoftLogix 5 user-defined data structure that is complex and includes nested structures it will take a extremely long time to generate the data file report.
• The verification of a STX program file that uses user-defined structure as the control block for BTR or BTW corrupts the control block data.
• You cannot successfully replace indexed addresses with non-indexed addresses.
• You cannot successfully search for BOOLEAN elements of a user-defined structure
• You cannot use user-defined structures as the control blocks for I/O module configurations.

Recommendations, Restrictions and Non-operational Functions         [goto Top]
The following is a list of features and functions that are not fully implemented or non-functional at the time the software was shipped to you.

• Upgrading RSLogix 5 on WIN2K PC's that also have RSNetWorx installed may "break" the RSNetWorx install.  Reinstall RSNetWorx after RSLogix 5 V5.20 is installed, to remedy this.
• If you receive an error when attempting to open an .af5 file (created with 6200) it's probably because the path to that file is too long. Move the files to a \temp directory and try again.
• RSLogix 5 Professional includes Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).  VBA uses the objects, methods, properties and events of the RSLogix automation interface enabling you to author scripts to automate tasks within the RSLogix editor.  
  RSLogix 5 Professional includes the RSLogix automation interface to enable your use of VBA.  Refer to the license addendum for the specific terms and conditions of its use.
  Rockwell Automation provides technical support for the RSLogix automation interface in the context of a VBA (in-process) application.  The technical support is limited to the implementation of the specific objects, methods, properties, and events.  Rockwell Automation does not provide integration or debugging support.
• The RSLogix description database can accomodate up to 64K descriptions, when running under the Win 9X environments.  Saving projects with description databases over this limit under Win 9X will corrupt the database. This limitation is not present when running under Win NT or Win 2K.
• It is no longer possible to provide the floppy disk image of the software due to size and install tool limitations. It is possible to create the floppy image from the CD image with WinZip and the floppy media if you so wish.
• RSLogix 5 will not work with or interface to the Rockwell Automation's DDMC product.
• There are no configuration applets for QB/B or QB/C modules
• You should not perform Online editing on a Ser A 5/15 PLC5 prior to revision P. If online editing is required you must update the firmware in the processor to REV P or above. RSLogix 5 correctly performs the online edit however, you may experience compatibility issues with legacy programming products.
• The project file projectname.RSP contains all database and project related files. If you need to share a project with someone simply provide them with the projectname.RSP file and they will receive all project related information. When sharing RSLogix database information with other RSI applications, like RSView 32, you must use the Save database as external file checkbox on the File>Save As dialog to make the database file available to that application.
• The projectname.RSP file contains both an on-line and off-line image of your project. This speeds the process of connecting to a processor. These images can get unsynchronized, this occurs if you don't save your changes when going from on-line to off-line. To synchronize the images you must download, upload or save the project while on-line.
• If you install multiple localized versions of RSLogix 5 (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese) on the same computer, the order in which you install the applications may impact the embedded application text strings you are viewing.
• All standard new platform PLC5 functions are available using RSLogix 5 and ControlNet 1.0/1.25 processors. You cannot alter the ControlNet 1.0/1.25 configuration from RSLogix 5.
• When creating a new project using a ControlNet 1.5 PLC 5/60 processor the default series and revision (C/L or D/C) must be manually set to D/D.  If you fail to take this action you may not be able to use the ControlNet 1.5 configuration file (.XC) with RSNetworx 1.06.38.
• When opening a 6200 PLC5 .AF5 file all the 6200 PLC5 project files must be located in the same directory as the AF5 file.  The directory path and filename must be less than 63 characters in length or the operation will fail.
• When going online with a Classic PLC-5 you must always upload the processor image. This is necessary because Classic PLC-5’s do not include a means to determine if the offline and online images match. Quick Online will allow you to view an individual ladder file after it is uploaded.
• There is no formatted dialog for configuring VME PLC5 processor channels. You must view and edit the data table file you assign as the channel configuration file.
• You can only assign a symbol or comment to the element level of a user-defined structure.
• RSLogix 5 prints Ladder Logic reports as graphic files.  The ladder report cannot be printed to a text file.  Other RSLogix 5 reports can be printed to a text file using the Generic/Text-only printer driver in Windows.
• The following characters may not be used in RSLogix 5 symbols, ` ~!@#$%^&*()-+={}[]|\\:;""'<>?,./ .  If you have used these characters in a previous release of RSLogix 5 the symbols will appear in your ladder views and reports.  However, you cannot modify the symbol.
  We recommend that you export the database to the ASCII CSV format to speed the replacement of the illegal characters in your symbols.
• You may experience video display problems when running RSLogix5 on computers that use the Diamond Viper V330 display adapter. Please contact Diamond to obtain the latest driver for the V330 to correct this problem.

Start-up Problems
If you are having problems getting RSLogix 5 to run, please note RSLogix 5 only operates under the Microsoft Windows 98™, Windows ME™, Windows NT 4.0™ SP6a and greater, Windows 2000™ or Windows XP™ operating systems.  It will not run under Windows NT 3.51, Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups using the 32-bit extensions.

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