Rockwell Automation 9323-S5500D A.I. SERIES MICROLOGIX 1000 AND PLC-500 SOFTW - Manual

Table of Contents
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................1-1
What’s in the Manual...................................................................................................... 1-2
Conventions ............................................................................................................. 1-2
What is PLC-500™ A.I. Series™? .................................................................................. 1-4
Ladder Editing & Documentation Features ............................................................... 1-4
Troubleshooting & Maintenance Functions............................................................... 1-5
What’s New in Version 8.04 ........................................................................................... 1-6
What’s New in Version 8.10 ........................................................................................... 1-6
Using PLC-500 A.I. ........................................................................................................ 1-7
Screen Layout........................................................................................................... 1-7
Starting PLC-500 A.I. .............................................................................................. 1-8
Selecting Menu Options ........................................................................................... 1-9
Using the Command Portal to Move Within PLC-500 A.I. ..................................... 1-10
Shortcut Keys ......................................................................................................... 1-10
Context Sensitive Help ........................................................................................... 1-11
Exiting to DOS Temporarily................................................................................... 1-11
PLC-500 A.I. Optional Add-On Modules ...................................................................... 1-13
Other PLC-500 A.I. Compatible Products ............................................................... 1-13
Complete A.I. Series Product Line.......................................................................... 1-14
Support for Your Rockwell Software Product................................................................. 1-15
Necessary Equipment .................................................................................................... 1-16
Basic Equipment .................................................................................................... 1-16
Optional Equipment ............................................................................................... 1-16
System Configuration .................................................................................................... 1-18
AUTOEXEC.BAT File........................................................................................... 1-18
CONFIG.SYS File.................................................................................................. 1-19
RAM Considerations .............................................................................................. 1-20
About Memory Managers .............................................................................................. 1-21
386MAX.SYS ........................................................................................................ 1-21
QEMM.SYS ........................................................................................................... 1-21
EMM386.EXE ....................................................................................................... 1-22
Communications Hardware ........................................................................................... 1-23
2 Handling Project Files........................................................................................2-1
Components of a Project File ........................................................................................... 2-2
Program Files ........................................................................................................... 2-3
Data Files ................................................................................................................. 2-3