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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Program a Project Offline Chapter 5
Use a Faceplate for a Function Block
RSLogix 5000 software includes faceplates (controls) for some of the function block instructions. A faceplate
is an Active-X control that lets you interact with a function block instruction.
• Your RSLogix 5000 software package includes the faceplates but does not automatically install them.
To use the faceplates, locate them on your software CD and install them separately.
• Use faceplates in an Active-X container, such as the following software:
– FactoryTalk View SE
– Microsoft Excel
• RSLogix 5000 software is not a valid Active-X container.
• Faceplates communicate with the controller via DDE/OPC topics in RSLinx Classic software. To use
RSLinx Classic software for DDE/OPC topics, purchase either:
– RSLinx Classic software as a separate package
– RSLogix 5000 professional edition software, which includes RSLinx Classic professional edition
software
RSLinx Classic Lite software, which comes with the other RSLogix 5000 software packages, does not
provide DDE/OPC communication.