How To Setup and Run RSLogix Emulation (SLC500&Micrologix 1000)
How To Setup and Run RSLogix Emulation (SLC500&Micrologix 1000)
How To Setup and Run RSLogix Emulation (SLC500&Micrologix 1000)
Original Instructions:
http://www.plcdev.com/book/export/html/622
Download Links:
http://www.ab.com/programmablecontrol/plc/micrologix/downloads.html *NO!
http://www.rockwellautomation.com/support/plc/micrologix.page
RSLink Lite
http://www.rockwellautomation.com/resources/downloads/rockwellautomation/zip/support/drives/RSLinxClassicLitev2.57.exe
Your driver should now be running and look like the picture below.
Close the Configure Drivers dialog box and close RSLinx. Actually RSLinx is now running in the background and you'll probably see its little icon in
the system tray.
Save the project as something like Test.RSS in an easy place to find like My Documents.
RSEmulator 500
The emulator lets us test our work by running a virtual PLC. We'll be able to download our program to it and run it in a very similar fashion to a
real PLC. Start the emulator with the START > All Programs > Rockwell Software > RSLogix Emulate 500 > RSLogix Emulate 500 shortcut. The
emulator is pictured below. I know. It doesn't look like much but it gets the job done.
Believe it or not but the emulator is now ready. Leave it running and go back to your project in RSLogix Micro.
In RSLogix Micro Starter select the Comms > System Comms menu item. The following dialog box will pop up.
In the left hand pane, drill down and select the 01, MicroLogix 1000, TEST processor. Yours might look a little different if you selected different
If successful you'll see the ladder picture spinning round on the online toolbar. To scan the ladder logic put the processor into Run mode by
clicking on the arrow to the right of mode status (REMOTE PROGRAM).
To test the ladder logic, change the input state by right clicking on the address and selecting toggle bit.
You will see the instruction go green indicating it is true and it will make the output instruction turn green also indicating the output is turned on.
That's it! You get all that for the cost of a download. Now break out the manuals and start learning about all the different instructions.