RSlogix5000 Rung Comments - PLCS.net

djpalaz · February 1st, 2008, 03:38 PM

I would like to know when you download a program to a PLC using RSlogix5000 are the rung comments sent to the PLC. If they are how can you upload them?

rdrast · February 1st, 2008, 03:39 PM

Rung comments (and tag comments) are not downloaded to the PLC.

almshouse · February 1st, 2008, 03:51 PM

Yes the rung comments are stored in controller, all you have to do is upload program. This was from AB website.

The software can fully upload the program logic for all four programming languages, as well as tag

names, directly from a controller. This simplifies maintenance because you can always obtain the

original source directly from the controller. With structured text, you can also obtain the in-line

descriptions (comments) from a controller.

Ron Beaufort · February 1st, 2008, 03:55 PM

Greetings almshouse ...

can you please tell us where in the Allen-Bradley website you found that information? ... we don't doubt that you found it there - but it needs to be corrected ...

thank you ...

almshouse · February 1st, 2008, 03:58 PM

http://mid-island.com/downloads/pdfs/9324pp001benp.pdf

Last paragraph on page 1

bkottaras · February 1st, 2008, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by almshouse

Yes the rung comments are stored in controller, all you have to do is upload program. This was from AB website.

The software can fully upload the program logic for all four programming languages, as well as tag

names, directly from a controller. This simplifies maintenance because you can always obtain the

original source directly from the controller. With structured text, you can also obtain the in-line

descriptions (comments) from a controller.

I 2nd this one.
Upload and rung comments will be part of your upload.

Ron Beaufort · February 1st, 2008, 04:01 PM

are we talking about the same thing? ... RUNGS as in "Ladder Logic" rungs - and the comments for those rungs ...

I think the confusion might be coming from "comments" for the "Structured Text" programming language ... that's different ... we don't normally refer to the "lines" in Structured Text as "rungs" ...

maybe that's where we're getting confused ...

Ron Beaufort · February 1st, 2008, 04:08 PM

no offense, but I think that you're misreading that ...

the "logic" is the actual programming code ... and you also get the "tagnames" ... but the "rung comments" aren't stored in the controller ...

only with "structured text" will you be able to upload any "comments" ...

PS Edit ... I actually have heard "salesmen" say something like: "With the new ControlLogix all of your documentation is stored in the controller - so you won't have to worry about those offline files like with RSLogix5 and RSLogix500" ... those salesmen were misinformed ...

Derek McFarland · February 4th, 2008, 10:11 AM

I think the Compact Flash option is what is being referred to.

February 1st, 2008, 03:38 PM	#1
djpalaz Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Montreal Posts: 52	RSlogix5000 Rung Comments I would like to know when you download a program to a PLC using RSlogix5000 are the rung comments sent to the PLC. If they are how can you upload them?

February 1st, 2008, 03:55 PM	#4
Ron Beaufort Lifetime Supporting Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 4,227	Greetings almshouse ... can you please tell us where in the Allen-Bradley website you found that information? ... we don't doubt that you found it there - but it needs to be corrected ... thank you ... __________________ 2-B ? Best regards, ----+----] [----+------------( )---- Ron \| \| PLC Training Boot Camp \| 2-B \| +----]/[----+ I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see.

February 1st, 2008, 04:01 PM	#7
Ron Beaufort Lifetime Supporting Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 4,227	are we talking about the same thing? ... RUNGS as in "Ladder Logic" rungs - and the comments for those rungs ... I think the confusion might be coming from "comments" for the "Structured Text" programming language ... that's different ... we don't normally refer to the "lines" in Structured Text as "rungs" ... maybe that's where we're getting confused ... __________________ 2-B ? Best regards, ----+----] [----+------------( )---- Ron \| \| PLC Training Boot Camp \| 2-B \| +----]/[----+ I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see.

February 1st, 2008, 04:08 PM	#8
Ron Beaufort Lifetime Supporting Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 4,227	no offense, but I think that you're misreading that ... the "logic" is the actual programming code ... and you also get the "tagnames" ... but the "rung comments" aren't stored in the controller ... only with "structured text" will you be able to upload any "comments" ... PS Edit ... I actually have heard "salesmen" say something like: "With the new ControlLogix all of your documentation is stored in the controller - so you won't have to worry about those offline files like with RSLogix5 and RSLogix500" ... those salesmen were misinformed ... __________________ 2-B ? Best regards, ----+----] [----+------------( )---- Ron \| \| PLC Training Boot Camp \| 2-B \| +----]/[----+ I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see. Last edited by Ron Beaufort; February 1st, 2008 at 04:12 PM.

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February 1st, 2008, 03:39 PM	#2
rdrast Lifetime Supporting Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: South Carolina Lowcountry Posts: 3,639	Rung comments (and tag comments) are not downloaded to the PLC.

February 1st, 2008, 03:51 PM	#3
almshouse Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 36	Yes the rung comments are stored in controller, all you have to do is upload program. This was from AB website. The software can fully upload the program logic for all four programming languages, as well as tag names, directly from a controller. This simplifies maintenance because you can always obtain the original source directly from the controller. With structured text, you can also obtain the in-line descriptions (comments) from a controller.

February 1st, 2008, 03:58 PM	#5
almshouse Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 36	http://mid-island.com/downloads/pdfs/9324pp001benp.pdf Last paragraph on page 1

February 4th, 2008, 10:11 AM	#9
Derek McFarland Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Vernon, BC Posts: 133	I think the Compact Flash option is what is being referred to.

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