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.
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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:
New Processor Support
Support for the following processors has been added to RSLogix Emulate 500:
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.
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:
Workaround:
After editing the file, re-download it to the emulator and the problem will be resolved.
Known Limitations: