Allen-Bradley SoftLogix 5800 User manual

SoftLogix 5800 System
Catalog Numbers 1789-L10, 1789-L30, 1789-L60
User Manual

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Table of Contents
Preface Studio 5000 Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 1
SoftLogix 5800 System
About the SoftLogix 5800 Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Install the SoftLogix 5800 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
FactoryTalk Activation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Node-locked Activation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Concurrent Activation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Run the FactoryTalk Activation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Activation Tools and Rehosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Troubleshoot FactoryTalk Activations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configure the RSLinx Virtual-backplane Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 2
What is the SoftLogix System?
SoftLogix System Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SoftLogix System Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Set Up the Chassis Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Determine a Memory Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Specify a Periodic Save Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configure the SoftLogix Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Step 1: Create and Configure the Controller
in the SoftLogix Chassis Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Change the RSLinx Software Slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Step 2: Create the New Controller Project
in the Logix Designer Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Step 3: Configure the Controller
in the Logix Designer Application Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Developing Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Configuring Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Determining Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Supporting Routines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Instruction Execution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
How the SoftLogix System Uses Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Connections for Produced and Consumed Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Connections for Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Connections for I/O Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Total Connection Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Restart the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Online with the Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Upload to the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Select a System Overhead Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Chapter 3
Communicate with Devices on an
Ethernet Network
Configure Your System for an Ethernet Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Step 1: Disable UDP Messages in RSLinx Classic Software . . . . . . . 44
Disabling the UDP option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Enabling the UDP option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Step 2: Create the Communication Card
in the SoftLogix Chassis Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Step 3: Configure the Communication Card
as Part of the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Step 4: Configure the SoftLogix EtherNet/IP Module to
Communicate on an Ethernet Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Multiple EtherNet/IP Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Ethernet Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Domain Interactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Controller Connections over the EtherNet/IP Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Supported Functionality
of the SoftLogix 5800 EtherNet/IP Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Distributed Ethernet I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
I/O Configuration Order in the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Ethernet I/O Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Add a Remote Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Add a Consumed Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Check EtherNet/IP Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Example 1: Workstation Remotely Connected
to a SoftLogix Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Example 2: Send Messages over the EtherNet/IP Network . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Configure a MSG Instruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Example 3: Send Messages over the EtherNet/IP Network
to a PLC-5 Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Configure a MSG Instruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Example 4: Control Distributed I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chapter 4
Communicate with Serial Devices
Configure Your System for a Serial Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Step 1: Configure the Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Change the COM Port Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Step 2: Configure the Serial Port of the Controller in the Project . 81
Controller Status Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Example 1: Workstation Directly Connected
to a SoftLogix Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
DF1 Point-to-Point Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Example 2: Workstation Remotely Connected
to a SoftLogix Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Master and Slave Communication Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
DF1 Slave Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
DF1 Master Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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Example 3: SoftLogix Controller to a Bar Code Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Connect the ASCII Device to the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
User Mode Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
ASCII Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Chapter 5
Configure and Use Simulated I/O
Configure Your System for a 1789-SIM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Step 1: Create the 1789-SIM Module
in the SoftLogix Chassis Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Step 2: Configure the 1789-SIM module as Part of the Project . . . 97
Map I/O Data to the 1789-SIM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Toggle Inputs and Monitor Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Turn On or Force a Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Example: Move Application Data into the 1789-SIM Tags . . . . . . . . . 103
Chapter 6
Execute External Routines
Configure Your System to Execute an External Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Add an External Routine to the Controller Organizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
How the Project Stores and Downloads an External Routine. . . . 111
Call an External Routine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Jump to External Routine (JXR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Operands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Arithmetic Status Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Fault Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Execution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Type Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Chapter 7
Develop External Routines
Considerations For External Routines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
How the SoftLogix Controller Executes External Routines . . . . . . . . . 116
How the Project Stores and Downloads an External Routine. . . . 117
Create Synchronous, Single-threaded External Routines. . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Create a Visual Studio Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Project Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
RA_ExternalRoutines.h. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
InlineExample.cpp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
InlineExample.h. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Create an HTML Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Add Version Information to an External Routine DLL. . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Build and Download External Routines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Update an Existing External Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Create Multi-threaded External Routines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Sounds.cpp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Thread Priorities in a Multithreaded External Routine DLL . . . . 135
Debug External Routines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

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Set Up the Debug Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Start a Debug Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Set Breakpoints in External Routine Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Data Type Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
ARRAY Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
INTEGER Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
STRUCTURE Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
STRING Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Packing in Structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Parameter Type Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Return Parameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Export Functions by Using C++ Export Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
InlineExample.h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
InlineExample.cpp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Run dumpbin.exe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Edit XML Resource. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Other Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Pass Tags by Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
External Routine DLL that Uses Other DLLs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Chapter 8
Program Windows Events to Monitor
and Change Controller Execution
Use Outbound Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Programming Example: Outbound Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Configure Windows Events to Launch Tasks
within the SoftLogix Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Configure a Windows-event Task in the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Trigger a Controller Task from a Windows Application . . . . . . . . 156
Programming Example: Windows Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Programmatically Saving the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Programming Example: Programmatic Save of Controller. . . . . . . 158
Appendix A
Communicate with Devices on a
DeviceNet Network
Configure Your System for a DeviceNet Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Step 1: Install the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Step 2: Create the Communication Card
in the SoftLogix Chassis Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Step 3: Install the Communication Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Step 4: Configure the Communication Card
as Part of the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Step 5: Download the Project to the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Step 6: Define the Scanlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Perform DeviceNet Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Step 1: Start the Test Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Step 2: Configure the Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Step 3: Create a View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Step 4: Read Inputs and Write Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

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Step 5: Change the Scanner Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
DeviceNet I/O Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Determine How Often to Update Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Place the Communication Card in Run Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
CommandRegister Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
StatusRegister. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Status Data Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Example: SoftLogix Controller and DeviceNet I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Create Alias Tags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Appendix B
Communicate with Devices on a
ControlNet Network
Configure Your System for a ControlNet Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Step 1: Install the Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Step 2: Create the Communication Card
in the SoftLogix Chassis Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Step 3: Configure the Communication Card
as Part of the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Step 4: Add Remote Communication Devices
for the Communication Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Step 5: Download the Project to the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Step 6: Schedule the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
ControlNet I/O Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Rack-optimized Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Direct Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Example 1: SoftLogix Controller and ControlNet I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Controlling I/O Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Total Connections Required by the SoftLogix Controller. . . . . . . 222
Example 2: SoftLogix Controller to SoftLogix Controller . . . . . . . . . . 223
Send a MSG Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Produce and Consume Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Total Connections Required by the Soft1 Controller. . . . . . . . . . . 228
Example 3: SoftLogix Controller to Other Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Send a MSG Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Produce and Consume Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Total Connections Required by the Soft1 Controller. . . . . . . . . . . 233
Example 4: Use the SoftLogix Controller as a Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Appendix C
Program Virtual Motion
Virtual Motion Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Logic for Motion Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Motion Faults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Considerations When Running a Motion Application
in Windows Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Appendix D
Windows Considerations
Observe Windows Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

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Additional Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Run a SoftLogix Controller on the Windows Operating System. . . . . 243
Dwell Time Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Periodic Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
System Overhead Timeslice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Multiple SoftLogix Controllers in the Virtual Chassis . . . . . . . . . . 247
HMI Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Personal Computer Hardware Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Appendix E
System Performance Tuning
Guidelines
Pre-qualify Your Personal Computer for Soft Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
System Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
System Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Monitor Personal Computer Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Appendix F
Status Indicators
SoftLogix Controller Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Controller Status Indicator and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
SoftLogix EtherNet/IP Module Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Link Status (LINK) Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Network Status (NET) Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Module Status (OK) Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Appendix G
SoftLogix 5800 Revision History
SoftLogix 5800 Version 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
SoftLogix 5800 Version 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
SoftLogix 5800 Version 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Index

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Preface
Use this manual to become familiar with the SoftLogix™ 5800 controller and its
features.
Studio 5000 Environment The Studio 5000 Engineering and Design Environment™ combines engineering
and design elements into a common environment. The first element in the Studio
5000® environment is the Logix Designer application. The Logix Designer
application is the rebranding of RSLogix™ 5000 software and will continue to be
the product to program Logix5000™ controllers for discrete, process, batch,
motion, safety, and drive-based solutions.
The Studio 5000 environment is the foundation for the future of Rockwell
Automation® engineering design tools and capabilities. It is the one place for
design engineers to develop all of the elements of their control system.
This manual is written to support SoftLogix software version 23.00.00 and the
Logix Designer application. For SoftLogix software version 21 or earlier,
substitute ‘RSLogix 5000 software’ for ‘the Logix Designer application’.

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Additional Resources These documents address the Logix5000 family of controllers and networks.
You can view or download publications at
http:/www.literature.rockwellautomation.com. To order paper copies of
technical documentation, contact your local Allen-Bradley distributor or
Rockwell Automation sales representative.
IMPORTANT
We recommend that you read the appropriate release notes for software
requirements, compatible PCI cards and driver, and system requirements.
To locate the release notes for your system, search for 1789-RN in the Rockwell
Automation Literature Library, http:/www.literature.rockwellautomation.com.
Resource Description
Logix5000 Controllers Quick Start, publication 1756-QS001 Explains how to set up a Logix5000 controller.
Logix5000 Controllers Common Procedures,
publication 1756-PM001
Describes how to complete standard tasks for
Logix5000 controllers. Program logic by using
sequential function chart (SFC), ladder diagram (LD),
structured text (ST), and function block diagram (FBD)
languages.
Logix5000 Controllers General Instruction Set Reference
Manual, publication 1756-RM003
Program sequential applications, ladder diagram, and
structured text instructions.
Logix5000 Controllers Process Control/Drives Instruction Set
Reference Manual, publication 1756-RM006
Programming process control and drives applications
and function block diagram instructions.
Logix5000 Controllers Motion Instructions Reference
Manual, publication Motion-RM002
Describes ladder diagram motion instructions so you
can program motion applications.
SERCOS and Analog Motion Configuration and Startup,
publication MOTION-UM001
Provides general information about motion modules.
EtherNet/IP Network Configuration User Manual, publication
ENET-UM001
Describes how to use EtherNet/IP communication
modules with your Logix5000 controller and
communicate with various devices on the Ethernet
network.
PhaseManager™ User Manual, publication LOGIX-UM001 Describes how to set up a state model for your
controller.

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SoftLogix 5800 System
Catalog Numbers 1789-L10, 1789-L30, 1789-L60
About the SoftLogix 5800
Controller
The SoftLogix™ 5800 controller you use determines how many slots are available
in the virtual chassis and how many devices you can install.
Topic Page
About the SoftLogix 5800 Controller 13
Before You Begin 14
Install the SoftLogix 5800 Controller 15
FactoryTalk Activation Manager 16
Configure the RSLinx Virtual-backplane Driver 19
Controller Maximum Available Slots
1789-L10 •One SoftLogix 5800 controller
•Memory size limit of 2 MB per controller
•One 1784-SIM module
•EtherNet/IP support
•No third-party virtual-backplane module support
3-slot virtual chassis(1)
(1) As of version 12 of the SoftLogix 5800 controller, the 1789-L10 controller supports three slots in the virtual
chassis.
1789-L30 •Two SoftLogix 5800 controllers
•Memory size limit of 64 MB per controller
•Five PCI network interface cards(2)
•Five 1784-SIM modules
•EtherNet/IP support
•Third-party virtual-backplane module support
(2) The number of available slots in the virtual chassis is limited by the controller. You can have as many PCI
communication cards as you have available slots in the virtual chassis and in the personal computer.
5-slot virtual chassis
1789-L60 •Six SoftLogix 5800 controllers
•Memory size limit of 64 MB per controller
•Sixteen PCI network interface cards(2)
•Sixteen 1784-SIM modules
•EtherNet/IP support
•Third-party virtual-backplane module support
16-slot virtual chassis

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Before You Begin Make sure you have the following software installed before you install
SoftLogix software:
•Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows 2008 Server operating system
•RSLinx® Classic software
Before you can install the SoftLogix 5800 controller, perform the following steps.
IMPORTANT
•Motion control is not supported in SoftLogix software version 20.00.00
and later.
•ControlNet,and DeviceNet modules are not supported in SoftLogix
software version 21.00.00 or later.
•SoftLogix software version 21.00.00 and later runs on these Windows
operating systems:
- Windows 7 Pro (32- and 64-bit)
- Windows 7 Home Premium (32- and 64- bit)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition with SP1
•For system requirements of earlier versions of SoftLogix software, see the
corresponding release notes.
•Running the SoftLogix software in a Virtual Machine (for example,
VMWare or VirtualBox), is not supported.
•SoftLogix 5800 controllers and software do not support Integrated Motion
on the EtherNet/IP network. SoftLogix software version 20.00.00 and
later does not support any motion PCI cards.
•No PCI-based cards are supported when using the Microsoft Windows 7
operating system.
•The 1784-PCIDS card is not supported when using the Microsoft Windows
2008 Server operating system.
IMPORTANT
We recommend that you read the appropriate release notes for system and
software requirements, compatible PCI cards and driver, and system
requirements. To locate the release notes for your system, search for 1789-RN
in the Rockwell Automation Literature Library
at http://www.rockwellautomation.com/literature.
IMPORTANT
In Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 operating
systems, when RSLinx software is running as a service, the RSLinx driver
configuration GUI is not available.
To invoke the RSLinx GUI, remove all SoftLogix controllers from the chassis
monitor and use the RSLinx Control Panel to start RSLinx software as an
application instead of a service.

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1. Log into the Windows operating system under an account that is a
member of the Administrators user group on the computer where you are
installing the SoftLogix 5800 controller.
To log in as a member of the Administrators group, your user account must
be added to the Administrators group on the computer. Ask your system
administrator if you need help.
2. Verify that the Windows Workstation and Server services required by the
SoftLogix 5800 controller are running. The Workstation and Server
services are automatically installed when you install Windows Networking
or Remote Access Service (RAS).
Install the SoftLogix 5800
Controller
When you insert the installation DVD into your DVD ROM drive, the DVD
automatically begins the set-up program for the controller. If your computer
meets the hardware and software requirements for the controller, you can install
the controller.
1. If RSLinx software is already running, shut it down before beginning this
installation procedure.
2. Insert the SoftLogix 5800 installation DVD.
3. From the installation window, click SoftLogix 5800 V23.00.
4. Follow the set-up wizard.
IMPORTANT
A machine running SoftLogix software does not support a remote desktop.
IMPORTANT
If you have a previous version of SoftLogix software already installed on the computer, use
Start>Control Panel>Programs and Features to remove the earlier version before installing the
current version.

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FactoryTalk Activation
Manager
There are two types of FactoryTalk® activations to activate the SoftLogix 5800
controller license—node-locked and concurrent.
Node-locked Activation
Node-locked activation can be used only on the computer where the activation is
locked (that is, on the personal computer for which the license was purchased).
The activation is always locked to a specific piece of hardware, for example, an
Ethernet card, a hard disk, or a USB dongle.
Concurrent Activation
Concurrent activation is used in a server-client environment. This type of
activation lets multiple computers across a network use Rockwell Automation
software products concurrently. A concurrent activation can ‘float’ to, or be
borrowed temporarily from, an activation server for a specific period of time
before expiring and returning automatically to the pool of available activations on
the server. Concurrent activations can be borrowed only if your Rockwell
Software® product supports borrowed activations.
If you want to check out a concurrent activation from an activation server, you do
not need to use the Rockwell Software Activation website. You can use the
FactoryTalk Activation Manager to configure your client computer to recognize
the activation server computer where concurrent activations are stored.
Run the FactoryTalk Activation Manager
When you install the Studio 5000 environment, FactoryTalk Activation Manager
is automatically installed on the computer where the activation needs to reside.
The FactoryTalk Activation Manager software manages activations for the
Rockwell Software products installed on the computer. The FactoryTalk
Activation Manager opens automatically when you install a new Rockwell
Software product.
You can also run the Activation Manaager from the Windows Start menu by
choosing Start>Programs>Rockwell Software>FactoryTalk
Activation>FactoryTalk Activation Manager.
For more information about the FactoryTalk Activation Manager, refer to the
online help in the software.

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To activate your license, you need to have the host ID, serial number, and product
key information available
To start activation, follow these steps:
1. Click ‘Find Available Activations’ or ‘Get New Activations’.
2. Follow steps 1…5 in the FactoryTalk Activation Manager.
Activation Tools and Rehosting
For information on Activation Tools and Rehosting Activations, see the
Rockwell Software Activation website
at https://activate.rockwellautomation.com.
Item Description
Host ID This is found by using the FactoryTalk Activation
Manager. Choose Start>Programs>Rockwell
Software>FactoryTalk Activation>FactoryTalk.
Serial Number This is a 10-digit number supplied to you when you
purchased your product.
Product Key This is usually found in a red envelope that is shipped
with your product.

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Troubleshoot FactoryTalk Activations
There could be several reasons you might have trouble installing
your activations:
•If you accidentally requested too few concurrent activations for a product,
you can download more new activations for the same Host ID. You cannot
download more activations than you have purchased.
•To purchase additional activations, contact your local Rockwell
Automation sales office.
•If you accidentally requested too many concurrent activations for a
product, you must rehost all of the activations, and then request the
correct number of activations again.
•For example, if you have 50 concurrent activations available for a product,
and you intended to request 10 for a particular Host ID, but accidentally
selected 13 in the Activations Requested list, you cannot return just the
three activations you didn't want. You must rehost all 13 activations, and
then download 10 activations to the correct Host ID.
•If you accidentally requested activations for the wrong Host ID
(computer or dongle), you must rehost all of the activations you
downloaded accidentally, and then request the activations again for the
correct Host ID.
•If you accidentally requested activations for the wrong product, you must
rehost all of the activations for that product, and then request the
activations again.
•For example, if you accidentally requested five concurrent activations for
Logix Designer application instead of FactoryTalk View SE software, you
must rehost the five activations for Logix Designer application, and then
download five activations for FactoryTalk View SE software.
To obtain more information, go to the Rockwell Automation Activations
Support website at https://activate.rockwellautomation.com.

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Configure the RSLinx Virtual-
backplane Driver
Use RSLinx software to configure the virtual-backplane driver. You do this only
once for the computer.
To install the virtual-backplane driver, follow these steps.
1. In RSLinx software, from the Communications menu, choose Configure
Drivers.
2. From the Available Driver Type pull-down menu, choose Virtual
Backplane Driver.
3. Click Add New.
4. Type the driver name, such as AB_VBP-1, and click OK.
The Configure Drivers dialog box appears.
IMPORTANT
The RSLinx virtual-backplane driver is required for SoftLogix software
to operate.

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5. Click Configure.
The Configure VirtualBackplane dialog box appears. The Logix Designer
application, version 23.00.00, lets you insert a valid SoftLogix module into
slot 0.
The RSLinx software module defaults in Slot 0 if not set up for another
slot position.
6. From the Slot Number pull-down menu, choose a slot number.
7. Click OK and then click Close.
IMPORTANT
Even if you remotely program the controller over a ControlNet or Ethernet
link, you must add the virtual-backplane driver via RSLinx software. If you
do not, the SoftLogix application will not be restored when you restart the
computer.