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

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Table of Contents
Preface
About This Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Required Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 1
Program and Test a Simple Project
What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Follow These Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Create a Project for the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Conventions for Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Add Your I/O Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Look at Your I/O Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ladder Logic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Enter Ladder Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Enter a Function Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Create a Routine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Call the Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Enter a Function Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configure a Function Block Instruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Assign Alias Tags for Your Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Show or Hide Alias Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Establish a Serial Connection to the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Download a Project to the Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Select the Operating Mode of the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 2
Organize a Project
What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Follow These Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configure the Task Execution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Create Additional Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Create User-defined Data Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Define Your Routines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Define a Routine for Each Section of a Machine or Process . . . . 44
Identify the Programming Languages That Are Installed . . . . . . . 44
Assign a Programming Language to Each Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Divide Each Routine Into More Meaningful Increments . . . . . . . 46
Assign Main Routines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Configure the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Configure I/O Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49