Q. about saving data externally w/ RSLogix 5000

It has been a while since I used RSLogix 5000. Is there a way for me to save data in excel, notepad, etc??

I want data to be saved when a user presses a button on an HMI. Ideally every time it would add a new row of data on an excel file.

I believe Rockwell PLCs have a SD card but you can only write to it in Program mode which is not helpful.

Thanks!

Is there a Panelview attached to this PLC? If so I would use the DataStorePlus active X on the Panelview.

I've done the DataStorePlus Active-X on a Panelview and it was a lot easier to set up, but I also modified some Rockwell sample code to write to the SD Card in run mode when I didn't have a Panelview HMI.

https://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/ap/logix-ap007_-en-p.pdf

https://www.rockwellautomation.com/search/ra_en_NA;keyword=61966;startIndex=0;activeTab=Sample_Code;spellingCorrect=true;facets=;languages=en;locales=en_NA,en_GLOBAL;sort=bma;isPLS=false;sessionID=1d195825-918f-9251-b9e0-828255f27f4e;deepLinking=false

https://www.rockwellautomation.com/search/ra_en_NA;keyword=94788;startIndex=0;activeTab=Sample_Code;spellingCorrect=true;facets=;languages=en;locales=en_NA,en_GLOBAL;sort=bma;isPLS=false;sessionID=8a020084-9e18-049f-a861-fb3ce1011351;deepLinking=false

I can't share my completed program, but this is where I started mine from.
I used is to create csv files that my customer opened in Excel.

AdvancedHMI has an add-on EPPS that creates and writes data to an Excel spreadsheet

I have used that a few times for logging on controls.

Aabeck said:

AdvancedHMI has an add-on EPPS that creates and writes data to an Excel spreadsheet

I have used that a few times for logging on controls.

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I think you are referring to EPPLUS. It is technically not an AAHMI add-on, but it can be installed and use with AAHMI.

FTP is also an option , from PLC to a PC, btw.