Document Outline

• SoftLogix 5800 System User Manual
• Important User Information
• Summary of Changes
  • Introduction
  • Updated Information
• Table of Contents
• Preface
  • Studio 5000 Environment
  • Additional Resources
  • About the SoftLogix 5800 Controller
  • Before You Begin
  • Install the SoftLogix 5800 Controller
  • FactoryTalk Activation Manager
    • Node-locked Activation
    • Concurrent Activation
    • Run the FactoryTalk Activation Manager
    • Activation Tools and Rehosting
    • Troubleshoot FactoryTalk Activations
  • Configure the RSLinx Virtual-backplane Driver
    • Troubleshoot the SoftLogix 5800 Controller
• What is the SoftLogix System?
  • SoftLogix System Components
    • SoftLogix System Description
  • Set Up the Chassis Monitor
    • Determine a Memory Size
    • Specify a Periodic Save Interval
  • Configure the SoftLogix Controller
    • Step 1: Create and Configure the Controller in the SoftLogix Chassis Monitor
    • Change the RSLinx Software Slot
    • Step 2: Create the New Controller Project in RSLogix 5000 Software
    • Step 3: Configure the Controller in the RSLogix 5000 Project
  • Developing Programs
    • Configuring Tasks
    • Determining Programs
    • Supporting Routines
    • Instruction Execution
  • How the SoftLogix System Uses Connections
  • Connections for Produced and Consumed Tags
  • Connections for Messages
  • Connections for I/O Modules
  • Total Connection Requirements
  • Restart the Controller
    • Online with the Controller
    • Upload to the Controller
  • Select a System Overhead Percentage
• Communicate with Devices on an Ethernet Network
  • Configure Your System for an Ethernet Network
    • Step 1: Disable UDP Messages in RSLinx Classic Software
    • Disabling the UDP option
    • Enabling the UDP option
    • Step 2: Create the Communication Card in the SoftLogix Chassis Monitor
    • Step 3: Configure the Communication Card as Part of the Project
    • Step 4: Configure the SoftLogix EtherNet/IP Module to Communicate on an Ethernet Network
  • Multiple EtherNet/IP Modules
    • Ethernet Communication
    • Domain Interactions
  • Controller Connections over the EtherNet/IP Network
    • Supported Functionality of the SoftLogix 5800 EtherNet/IP Module
  • Distributed Ethernet I/O
    • I/O Configuration Order in the Project
    • Ethernet I/O Data
  • Add a Remote Controller
    • Add a Consumed Tag
  • Check EtherNet/IP Statistics
  • Example 1: Workstation Remotely Connected to a SoftLogix Controller
  • Example 2: Send Messages over the EtherNet/IP Network
    • Configure a MSG Instruction
  • Example 3: Send Messages over the EtherNet/IP Network to a PLC-5 Processor
    • Configure a MSG Instruction
  • Example 4: Control Distributed I/O
• Communicate with Serial Devices
  • Configure Your System for a Serial Device
    • Step 1: Configure the Serial Port
    • Change the COM Port Setting
    • Step 2: Configure the Serial Port of the Controller in the Project
  • Controller Status Indicators
  • Example 1: Workstation Directly Connected to a SoftLogix Controller
    • DF1 Point-to-Point Configuration
  • Example 2: Workstation Remotely Connected to a SoftLogix Controller
    • Master and Slave Communication Methods
    • DF1 Slave Configuration
    • DF1 Master Configuration
  • Example 3: SoftLogix Controller to a Bar Code Reader
    • Connect the ASCII Device to the Controller
    • User Mode Configuration
    • ASCII Instructions
• Configure and Use Simulated I/O
  • Configure Your System for a 1789-SIM Module
    • Step 1: Create the 1789-SIM Module in the SoftLogix Chassis Monitor
    • Step 2: Configure the 1789-SIM module as Part of the Project
  • Map I/O Data to the 1789-SIM Module
  • Toggle Inputs and Monitor Outputs
    • Turn On or Force a Bit
  • Example: Move Application Data into the 1789-SIM Tags
• Execute External Routines
  • Configure Your System to Execute an External Routine
  • Add an External Routine to the Controller Organizer
    • How the Project Stores and Downloads an External Routine
  • Call an External Routine
    • Jump to External Routine (JXR)
    • Operands
    • Description
    • Arithmetic Status Flags
    • Fault Conditions
    • Execution
  • Type Checking
• Develop External Routines
  • Considerations For External Routines
  • How the SoftLogix Controller Executes External Routines
    • How the Project Stores and Downloads an External Routine
  • Create Synchronous, Single- threaded External Routines
    • Create a Visual Studio Project
  • Project Files
    • RA_ExternalRoutines.h
    • InlineExample.cpp
    • InlineExample.h
  • Create an HTML Resource
  • Add Version Information to an External Routine DLL
  • Build and Download External Routines
  • Update an Existing External Routine
  • Create Multi-threaded External Routines
    • Sounds.cpp
    • Thread Priorities in a Multithreaded External Routine DLL
  • Debug External Routines
    • Set Up the Debug Session
    • Start a Debug Session
    • Set Breakpoints in External Routine Code
  • Data Type Support
    • ARRAY Example
    • INTEGER Example
    • STRUCTURE Example
    • STRING Example
    • Packing in Structures
    • Parameter Type Checking
    • Return Parameter
  • Export Functions by Using C++ Export Style
    • InlineExample.h
    • InlineExample.cpp
    • Run dumpbin.exe
    • Edit XML Resource
  • Other Considerations
    • Pass Tags by Reference
    • External Routine DLL that Uses Other DLLs
• Program Windows Events to Monitor and Change Controller Execution
  • Use Outbound Events
    • Programming Example: Outbound Events
  • Configure Windows Events to Launch Tasks within the SoftLogix Controller
    • Configure a Windows-event Task in the Controller
    • Trigger a Controller Task from a Windows Application
    • Programming Example: Windows Event
  • Programmatically Saving the Controller
    • Programming Example: Programmatic Save of Controller
• Communicate with Devices on a DeviceNet Network
  • Configure Your System for a DeviceNet Network
    • Step 1: Install the Hardware
    • Step 2: Create the Communication Card in the SoftLogix Chassis Monitor
    • Step 3: Install the Communication Driver
    • Step 4: Configure the Communication Card as Part of the Project
    • Step 5: Download the Project to the Controller
    • Step 6: Define the Scanlist
  • Perform DeviceNet Test
    • Step 1: Start the Test Application
    • Step 2: Configure the Port
    • Step 3: Create a View
    • Step 4: Read Inputs and Write Outputs
    • Step 5: Change the Scanner Mode
  • DeviceNet I/O Data
    • Determine How Often to Update Data
  • Place the Communication Card in Run Mode
    • CommandRegister Bits
  • StatusRegister
    • Status Data Elements
  • Example: SoftLogix Controller and DeviceNet I/O
    • Create Alias Tags
• Communicate with Devices on a ControlNet Network
  • Configure Your System for a ControlNet Network
    • Step 1: Install the Hardware
    • Step 2: Create the Communication Card in the SoftLogix Chassis Monitor
    • Step 3: Configure the Communication Card as Part of the Project
    • Step 4: Add Remote Communication Devices for the Communication Card
    • Step 5: Download the Project to the Controller
    • Step 6: Schedule the Network
  • ControlNet I/O Data
    • Rack-optimized Connections
    • Direct Connections
  • Example 1: SoftLogix Controller and ControlNet I/O
    • Controlling I/O Modules
    • Total Connections Required by the SoftLogix Controller
  • Example 2: SoftLogix Controller to SoftLogix Controller
    • Send a MSG Instruction
    • Produce and Consume Tags
    • Total Connections Required by the Soft1 Controller
  • Example 3: SoftLogix Controller to Other Devices
    • Send a MSG Instruction
    • Produce and Consume Tags
    • Total Connections Required by the Soft1 Controller
  • Example 4: Use the SoftLogix Controller as a Gateway
• Program Virtual Motion
  • Virtual Motion Overview
  • Logic for Motion Control
    • Motion Faults
  • Considerations When Running a Motion Application in Windows Operating System
• Windows Considerations
  • Observe Windows Objects
  • Additional Considerations
  • Run a SoftLogix Controller on the Windows Operating System
    • Dwell Time Setting
    • Periodic Tasks
    • System Overhead Timeslice
    • Multiple SoftLogix Controllers in the Virtual Chassis
  • HMI Considerations
  • Personal Computer Hardware Considerations
• System Performance Tuning Guidelines
  • Pre-qualify Your Personal Computer for Soft Control
  • System Performance
  • System Startup
  • Monitor Personal Computer Performance
• Status Indicators
  • SoftLogix Controller Status Indicators
    • Controller Status Indicator and Display
  • SoftLogix EtherNet/IP Module Status Indicators
    • Link Status (LINK) Indicator
    • Network Status (NET) Indicator
    • Module Status (OK) Indicator
• SoftLogix 5800 Revision History
  • SoftLogix 5800 Version 21
  • SoftLogix 5800 Version 20
• Index
• Back cover