Quick Start Owner's manual
Table Of Contents
- 1756-QS001E-EN-P, Logix5000 Controllers Quick Start
- Summary of Changes
- Table of Contents
- 1 - Program and Test a Simple Project
- What You Need
- Before You Begin
- Follow These Steps
- Create a Project for the Controller
- Add Your I/O Modules
- Look at Your I/O Data
- Ladder Logic
- Enter a Function Block Diagram
- Assign Alias Tags for Your Devices
- Establish a Serial Connection to the Controller
- Download a Project to the Controller
- Select the Operating Mode of the Controller
- 2 - Organize a Project
- 3 - Program Add-On Instructions
- What You Need
- Follow These Steps
- Insert an Add-On Instruction
- Copy an Add-On Instruction Definition
- Import an Add-On Instruction Definition
- Access a Parameter That Is Not Visible
- Monitor or Change the Value of a Parameter of an Add-On Instruction
- View the Logic of an Add-On Instruction
- Edit and Monitor an Add-On Instruction
- Update an Add-On Instruction to a Newer Revision
- 4 - Program an Equipment Phase
- 5 - Program a Project Offline
- 6 - Document a Project
- 7 - Go Online to the Controller
- 8 - Program a Project Online
- 9 - Troubleshoot the Controller
- Index
- Back Cover

18 Publication 1756-QS001E-EN-P - October 2009
Chapter 1 Program and Test a Simple Project
1. Right-click Controller Tags and choose Monitor Tags.
The Tag Monitor displays the tags.
Values are shown in the following styles.
A blue arrow indicates that when you change the value, it immediately takes effect.
2. To see a value in a different style, select the desired style.
3. To change a value, click the Value cell, type the new value, and click Enter.
4. To expand a tag and show its members, click the + sign.
Style Base Notation
Binary 2 2#
Decimal 10 NA
Hexadecimal 16 16#
Octal 8 8#
Exponential NA 0.0000000e+000
Float NA 0.0