RSLogix Emulate 500
                                   Processor Emulation

What's new in version 5.00.04?
July 2002

These release notes provide information about recent enhancements or modifications to this product.

RSLogix Emulate 500 3.00 and greater will only run on Windows NT 3.51, NT 4.00, 2000 or Windows 95 and above.

If This Is Your Operating System:	Then You Must Have Installed:
Windows 95Ò	WINtelligent LINXTM 4.60.09 or later or     RSLinxTM 2.00.118 or later
Windows NTÒ, 2000 or 98Ò	RSLinxTM 2.00.118 or later

RSLinx 2.00.118 requires Internet Explorer v5.00 or later.

PC Hardware Requirements

The personal computer must have at least:

• an Intel Pentium®, or Pentium-compatible microprocessor
• 32 MB of RAM (or more based on application requirements)
• a CD-ROM drive
• 10 MB of free hard disk space (or more depending on application requirements)
• a 3.5-inch, 1.4MB disk drive   

New Features and Enhancements

New Processor Support

Support for the following processors has been added to RSLogix Emulate 500:

• 1747-L532F - 5/03 - 16K Memory 1747-OS302 Series C
• 1747-L531F - 5/03 - 8K Memory 1747-OS302 Series C
• 1747-L541D - 5/04 - 12K Memory 1747-OS401 Series C
• 1747-L542D - 5/04 - 28K Memory 1747-OS401 Series C
• 1747-L543D - 5/04 - 60K Memory 1747-OS401 Series C
• 1747-L551 - 5/05 - 16K Memory 1747-OS501 Series C
• 1747-L552 - 5/05 - 32K Memory 1747-OS501 Series C
• 1747-L553 - 5/05 - 64K Memory 1747-OS501 Series C
• MicroLogix 1200 Series A
• MicroLogix 1200 Series B
• MicroLogix 1500 Series A
• MicroLogix 1500 Series B
• MicroLogix 1500 R2 Series B

New Instructions

Series C

The following instructions have been added for the OSx.10 operating system:

RHC, TDF, RMP, FBC, and DDT

BTR and BTW are allowed in the ladder code but, do not execute.

1200 and 1500

The following instructions have been added for the Micrologix 1500 and Micrologix 1200.  Note that this requires the use of RSLogix 500 v4.10.00 or greater.

HSL, OSF, OSR, RAC, RTO, STS, TOF, TON, UID, UIE, UIF, and ONS

The PID, PTO, PWM, SVC, and DLG instructions are allowed in the ladder code but, they don't execute.

RSView32 Integration

Previous versions of RSLogix Emulate 500 would not allow reading and writing of I/O points inside RSView32.  Now users can use the emulator to check their RSView32 applications.  Simply use RSLogix Emulate 500 as you would any other SLC processor.

RSS File Support

RSLogix Emulate 500 now supports the native RSLogix 500 file format .RSS.  The AI format .ACH is still supported.  This eliminates the need to export RSLogix 500 programs to the AI format.  This requires RSLogix 500 v4.10.00 or greater.

Know Anomalies

In order to perform the following tasks, RSLogix 500 v4.10 or greater must be used.

• Download RSS files to RSLogix Emulate 500
• Download MicroLogix 1200 & 1500 project files to RSLogix Emulate 500
• The Project file being downloading must be in the Project Files Search Path with v4.10 of RSLogix 500.  Version 4.50 of RSLogix 500 resolved this problem.

The following anomaly will occur unless v5.00 or greater of RSLogix 500 is used or the following work around is employed.

Problem:

Take a project online with a SLC or Micro Logix processor, go offline, make changes to the program, then go online with the emulator you will get into an infinite loop.

Work around:

Save the project to a new file name and then go online with the emulator.

The following known anomaly is in this RSLogix Emulate 500 release:

Problem:

1. Download a file to the Emulator
2. Edit that file in RSLogix 500
3. Go online with that file
4. The following prompt will continue to appear  "Program processor has changed causing an offline state. Do you want to upload?"

Workaround:

After editing the file, re-download it to the emulator and the problem will be resolved.

Known Limitations:

• Channel Configuration is not supported. This is a Type 0x47 type read which RSLogix Emulate 500 currently does not support.