RSLogix is a family of products including RSLogix 5, RSLogix 500, andRSLogix 5000 that incorporates the latest software technologies, providingyou with a powerful development environment that will increase your produc-tivity and profitability. Operating in the familiar and powerful point-and-clickMicrosoft Windows 95 or Windows NT environments, each of the RSLogixprograms combines powerful functionality and superior diagnostics yielding anunbeatable productivity tool. Reliable communications combined with anindustry-leading user interface make it the programming solution for both first-time users and seasoned professionals alike.

The RSLogix family provides everything youve come to expect in a quality pro-gramming 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

What is RSLogix

B enefits: Simplified, user-friendly

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Easier communications

configuration resulting in

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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 func-tionality and multiple window views speed you through your programmingprojects, maximizing as well as saving development time.

RSLogix 5000 has an added feature called the I/O Configuration wizard whichassists you with the normally arduous task of configuring and setting up theI/O modules in your system. The wizard walks you through all of the parame-ters associated with a module via a friendly question and answer driven inter-face. This streamlines the development task, saving you valuable time. Thescreens built into these wizards are later provided as module property dialogsto allow you to view the modules status or change the operational settings.

Superior Development Tools

Taking full advantage of the power of Microsofts operation sys-tems, the RSLogix familys flexible and powerful editor featuresallow you to create application programs quickly and easily. Aswith all Windows applications, when using RSLogix you canopen several views at the same time allowing you to edit sev-eral ladder logic, structured text, or sequential function chartfiles simultaneously. The editor allows you to create severalrungs at the same time, and a powerful ASCII editor gives

Ease of Use

you the ability to enter rungs quickly by using the keyboard to enter the instruction mnemonics andparameters. Online editing allows you to modify your application program while the process is still operating.

In addition to the easy-to-use ladder logic editor,RSLogix 5 includes IEC 1131-3-based structured text(STX) and sequential function chart (SFC) editors.These editors feature the same drag-and-drop edit-ing and navigation aides found in the ladder editor, making application development a snap.

Drag-and-drop editing is one of the most pow-erful productivity enhancing features found in theRSLogix family. Drag-and-drop editing lets you quickly buildrungs or SFC diagrams. You can also move instructions fromrung to rung within a project, SFC elements from diagram to diagram, SFC diagrams or ladder logic rungs from one subroutine or project to another, or data table elements fromone data file to another. With drag-and-drop editing, you canalso add program files to SFC steps or transitions. You can evenadd addresses to instructions using the Data Table monitor,Database file, or the Address/Symbol Picker.

The Project Verifier allows you to quickly correct program errorsat your convenience by providing you with a list of applicationerrors. This powerful feature enables RSLogix to provide youwith flexible editors that allow you to concentrate on creatingthe application logic you need and not on the instruction syn-tax as you create your application program.

RSLogix 5000 provides support for the Logix5000s HighlyIntegrated Motion functionality. The integrated motion configu-ration wizard and ladder logic instructions set include the samedrag-and-drop and navigation features found throughout theRSLogix environment. Providing an integrated hardware andsoftware platform to meet your combined motion and pro-grammable controller needs allows you to reduce the numberof software packages you need to learn and maintain.

RSLogix 5000 also makes your program easier to interpret andmaintain because it permits you to create customized data typesby combining multiple data elements into a compound struc-ture. The data type structure editor permits you to name eachelement or field of a structure for its use in your application.

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The RSLogix family provides complete compatibility withRockwell Softwares popular DOS-based programming prod-ucts, A.I. Series Ladder Logistics, and 6200 Series soft-ware. Projects developed with these products can be import-ed to RSLogix by simply opening your existing projects.Likewise, projects developed using RSLogix 5 for the PLC-5family of processors or RSLogix 500 for the SLC 500 andMicroLogix 1000 processors can be exported back to theappropriate DOS programming package just as easily. As anadded feature, RSLogix 5000 incorporates a powerful projecttranslator that can assist you with the conversion of yourexisting PLC 5 and SLC 500 project, programmed with any ofRockwell Softwares DOS-based or Windows-based products,to the new Logix5000 controller. The translation process con-verts your application logic, data and documentation quicklyand efficiently. With the RSLogix family you can develop yourproject using all the timesaving features of RSLogix and stillsupport it using any of your DOS-based or Windows-basedRSLogix 5000 programming packages.

If you should run into trouble understandinga function of RSLogix, help is just a mouse-click away. RSLogixs comprehensive Help sys-tem even leads you step-by-step through manycommon activities and application scenarios.Context menus for common software featuresare quickly accessible by clicking the right mousebutton on an address, symbol, instruction, rung,or other application object. These tools save youtime with complex tasks, because you dont haveto remember the placement of functionalityoptions in the menu bar. Also included in RSLogix isthe complete PLC-5, SLC 500, or Logix5000Instruction Set reference for quick and easy referral.

Using the 32-bit Windows environments, Rockwell SoftwaresRSLogix software goes beyond easy-to-use. Its intuitive. Thecomprehensive development tools of RSLogix allow you tostreamline your application development process. Equippedwith RSLogixs Advanced Diagnostics and comprehensiveHelp system, you are able to save time and money. The com-

patibility and interoperability with other RockwellSoftware packages contribute to providing youwith a world-class programming tool; just one facetof the total software solution available throughRockwell Software.

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When troubleshooting an application, quick and accurateinformation is critical. The RSLogix family is designed tomake troubleshooting complex problems easier than everbefore. Advanced Diagnostics, RSLogixs powerful searchingtool, allows you to quickly locate the specific area in theapplication that is causing a problem. Using page titles inyour ladder logic, Advanced Diagnostics promptly locatesthe outputs in a particular section of your ladder logic, thenjumps to the rung associated with each output. You candiagnose the interaction of output instructions within a sec-tion of your program by viewing them at the same time.

Using the online cross-reference, you can move to the rungor instruction you desire by clicking on the refer-enced item in the cross-reference view. CustomDisplay Monitors in RSLogix5 and 500 allow you toexamine the status of individual data table elementssuch as bits, timer, counter, inputs, and outputssimultaneously in one view. Program files can beviewed as multiple ladder logic, SFC, or STX files in atabbed window, or in individual windows for eachprogram file, or in a combination of the two. You canview multiple projects simultaneously for cutting andpasting functions.

With RSLogix 5000 you can easily take advantage ofthe online storage of the troubleshooting Logix5000application from any terminal. This Logix5000 featurewill provide you with a self-documenting project andensures that you always have access to the latest projectdocumentation data.

Troubleshooting Made Easy

Interoperability

Rockwell Software provides you with the most powerful andcomplete programming products available today in theRSLogix family. The interoperability betweenRSLogix and Rockwell Softwares HMI package,RSView32, and communication package, RSLinx,positions RSLogix as the ultimate programming solu-tion. With the Rockwell Software family of products,you have the ability to share your database withRSView32. You can create schematic drawings of yoursystem directly from your RSLogix project usingRSWire, automatically tune PID loops with RSTune,trend critical application parameters with RSTrend, ortest and debug your ladder logic programs in your officeusing RSLogix Emulate 5 or RSLogix Emulate 500.

Rockwell Software is proud to introduce Soft Automation,the factory automation whole system solution for your fac-tory, providing exactly what you need from the Rockwellsuite of automation software. It is the most open systemavailable, offering complete interoperability with Microsoft,Rockwell Software, and other third-party software and hard-ware vendors. With Soft Automation, you will be com-pletely net-enabled, from the Internet to Intranets andExtranets. Soft Automation provides breadth of product,interoperability, and high-level support from start to finish.

Whether its HMI or ladder logic, communications or PC/PLCprogramming, Soft Automation provides software thatworks together seamlessly. Rockwell Software was the firstmanufacturing company to implement Microsofts VisualBasic for Applications (VBA) into our products; the first tooffer HMI software that allows you to embed ActiveX com-

The RSLogix family of products offers several solutions to various aspects of ladder logic programming. Among themare RSLogix Emulate 5 and Emulate 500. They areMicrosoft Windows-based software packages which emulate one or more running SLC 500 or PLC-5 processorstations. RSLogix Emulate scans the ladder logic like an

The RSLogix Family of Products

actual processor and allows you to test and debug yourladder logic programs before startup. Another member ofthe RSLogix family is RSLogix Frameworks, a completeFunction Block Diagram (FBD) development system forAllen-Bradleys PLC-5 family of processors. RSLogixFrameworks consists of two main components: theFunction Builder, used for custom block development, andthe Diagram Developer, which provides online/offline dia-gram design and maintenance capabilities. Also included inthe RSLogix family is RSRules, the unique, affordableapplication for machine diagnostics. RSRules learns andmonitors rules, or timing relationships between two I/Oelements or bit addresses that describe accepted machinebehavior. Finally, Rockwell Software offers RSLadder, anActiveX control designed for displaying and diagnosing ladder logic both online and offline for the Allen-BradleySLC 500 and PLC-5 families of processors.

Soft Automation

ponents for more flexible program development; plus,Rockwell Software was the first to offer a Windows95/Windows NT PLC programming package. RockwellSoftware has also been actively involved with the develop-ment of OLE for Process Control (OPC), which provides anindustry standard for exchanging data.

Soft Automation is the factory automation solutiondesigned to meet your needs by providing you with superi-or technology and the most comprehensive support avail-able. Soft Automation is about more than just products Rockwell Software combines a broad range of products withtechnical expertise to provide true data integration andinteroperability, and back this with exceptional softwaresupport. Its a system that is changing the way you look atyour factory delivering more data, in a more usable form,anywhere you want it, precisely when you need it.

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Other New Products from Rockwell Software

RSBatch the complete process management solution for

batch manufacturing based on S88.01 models whose core

capabilities include batch management, recipe management,

and generation of event information during batch runs.

RSLogix Frameworks a complete Function Block

Diagram (FBD) development system for Allen-Bradleys

PLC-5 and SoftLogix 5 control systems.

RSView32 HMI system for moni-

toring and controlling your automa-

tion machines and processes.

RSSql an event-driven database transaction processor

that provides bi-directional links between process control

systems and enterprise-wide database systems.

RSTools a suite of ActiveX Controls for

graphically displaying and interacting with

real-time data.

RSWire a computer-aided engineering design and

documentation tool for the electrical engineer.

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