RSLogix™ Emulate 500 Release Notes (Version 6.00)

Processor Emulation

12 December 2008


Updating RSLogix Emulate

Current Enhancements

Current Repairs

Known Anomalies

Caveats


Important All Users:  RSLogix Emulate 500 is supported on workstations running Windows 2000®, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP®, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista® Business (32-bit), and the Windows Vista Home Basic (32-bit) operating systems. RSLogix Emulate 500 is no longer supported on Windows 95®, Windows ME®, Windows 98®, or Windows NT®.

Important – For the latest information regarding software platform support, refer to the Knowledgebase article 42682; http://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/rockwellautomation.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=42682.  All Knowledgebase articles are located at http://www.rockwellautomation.com/knowledgebase/ .

All Users

·          RSLogix Emulate 500 version 6.00 requires that you update to RSLinx® Classic software, version 2.54.00 (2.55.00 on Vista) or later.

·          RSLogix Emulate 500 no longer requires activation, but you must agree to the license terms to legally install and use the software. In addition, RSLogix Emulate 500 will be included with RSLogix 500 or RSLogix Micro Developer in the future. Although updates will be available from the Rockwell Automation Technical Support update site, RSLogix Emulate 500 will no longer be sold individually.

·          The information in these Release Notes supersedes information in RSLogix Emulate 500 documentation. The RSLogix Getting Results Guide has not been updated for this release.

Personal Computer Minimum Requirements

·          a Pentium™ or comparable microprocessor

·          32 MB of RAM

·          10 MB of available hard disk space

·          a CD-ROM drive

 

Installing or Updating RSLogix Emulate 500:

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Installing an older version of RSLogix Emulate 500 over a newer version: In order to install an older version of RSLogix Emulate 500 over a newer version, the newer version must be uninstalled using Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. You can install a newer version (V6.0x or later) without uninstalling the old version first, since the newer version will uninstall an older version.

To install or update RSLogix Emulate 500 version 6.00, simply insert the CD into your CD ROM drive and run SETUP.EXE, found in the root directory on the CD.

RSLogix Emulate 500 v6.0 no longer requires activation, and a serial number is not required to install RSLogix Emulate 500.

 

Current Enhancements:

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The following is a list of enhancements included at the time the software was shipped to you:

·          Added support for the following processors:
1747-L551C   5/05 CPU - 16K Mem. OS501 Series C FRN 10 and later
1747-L552C   5/05 CPU - 32K Mem. OS501 Series C FRN 10 and later
1747-L553C   5/05 CPU - 64K Mem. OS501 Series C FRN 10 and later
1747-L541C   5/04 CPU - 16K Mem. OS401 Series C FRN 10 and later
1747-L542C   5/04 CPU - 32K Mem. OS401 Series C FRN 10 and later
1747-L543C   5/04 CPU - 64K Mem. OS401 Series C FRN 10 and later
1747-L531E   5/03 CPU - 8K  Mem. OS302 Series C FRN 10 and later
1747-L532E   5/03 CPU - 16K Mem. OS302 Series C FRN 10 and later  
1747-L533E   5/03 CPU - 32K Mem. OS302 Series C FRN 10 and later
Bul.1766     MicroLogix™ 1400 Series A
Bul.1763     MicroLogix 1100 Series A
Bul.1763     MicroLogix 1100 Series B

 

Current Repairs:

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The following product changes and repairs were included when the product was shipped to you:

·          ACI instruction did not work when online.

·          The compilation result for a SCL instruction (when the INTEGER file type was used in the operand) differed from the actual result in the actual controller due to a rounding error.

·          CPW instruction did not work.

·          SQR instruction did not work correctly when online.

·          The compilation result for a CPT instruction differed from the actual result in the actual controller because the intermediate result type was not handled correctly.

Known Anomalies:

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The following is a list of known anomalies at the time the software was shipped to you. 

·          If an overflow occurs in the expression of a CPT instruction or the math and trig function instuctions, the result of this instruction will not always have the same behavior as it does in a real processor.

 

Caveats:

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The following is a list of features and functions that are not fully implemented or non-functional at the time the software was shipped to you.

·          If RSLinx runs in application mode, please manually launch RSLinx and then run RSLogix500. Otherwise the communication between RSLogix500 and RSLogix Emulate 500 will fail the first time.

·          Remote uploads are not supported.

 

Start-up Problems
If you are having problems getting RSLogix Emulate 500 to run, remember that RSLogix Emulate 500 only operates under the Windows 2000, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista Business (32-bit), and the Windows Vista Home Basic (32-bit) operating systems.

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