Linx Classic "not responding"

Hello, hopefully someone can steer me in a direction that I haven't tried yet.

Classic V2.59; win7/32
Running RS500 Pro 8.10 cpr9 (haven't tried 5k yet)

I can browse and see the cpu's just fine but when I try to connect it appears to hang. And if I click on anything again I get a RS Linx Classic not responding in the title bar and a windows pop up asking me to "shut down program/or give it time to respond".

Tried thus far with no change:
1. cable setups with another pc and it works fine.
2. setting different compatibility modes.
3. deleting harmony files.
4. as service and app.

Any and all ideas/help would be much appreciated.

TIA
Mike

Are you looking at the CPU's with linx or with RS500 ? If you are "seeing" the CPU with Linx then quit Linx and , in RS500 go to Comms , Who active .
Navigate to the CPU .

pal said:

Are you looking at the CPU's with linx or with RS500 ? If you are "seeing" the CPU with Linx then quit Linx and , in RS500 go to Comms , Who active .
Navigate to the CPU .

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Either/or,,,,same outcome.

Thru 500 I can see but stops when I choose online: upload: or download.

What PLC model are you trying to connect to . Sorry for the delay replying , internet connection not permitted where I was working .

So one thing that can happen is that some programs load RSLinx as a "service" and it stays that way after you shut down the original program, so when you try to launch Linx next time, it comes back as a service to the software you are no longer running so it won't launch again, but you don't know why.

So to fix that, go to your Windows Start button => All Programs => Rockwell Software => then find RSLix Classic Control Panel, launch that and you will get a pop-up window telling you that it is already running as a "Service". Click the button that says "Stop", then you can re-start it.

Pal, 551, 553 so far, but I suspect any will be the same outcome.

jraef, tried that as well, #4 original post.


Now I can't try linx with rs5k either. All of a sudden it's asking for a user name and password. Never setup one so I have no idea what it would be.

Sux big time.

It's Rockwell software.
The first step is Uninstall COMPLETELY, reboot, and then Reinstall.

OK,,,RS5k fixed, now back to original problem.

rdrast, thanks for input. going to use that as last resort. Hopefully can come up with something before using that route.

Strange how I can browse the and see the cpus but just can't do anything more.

Getting a 'Diagnostic status failed 0xFFFFFFFD' when I try to connect to the node.