AB 6200 to Rslogix5 conversion

[parsn]

Hai,

I am facing problems while importing AB 6200 (*.AF5) files in Rs logix5.

Do you have conversion tool for this???

Regards

Prasanna.

 

[rPraveenkum]

open rslogix 5 click open from file menu ,Browse to your project folder, select the file type as *.AF5 & then select your project file with ext. *.AF5 & open the same

regards
praveen

 

[parsn]

Dear Praveen,

I have already tried this, but it doesnt worked.

 

[JesperMP]

Hi parsn.

It normally works with no problems.
Do you get an error message of some kind when you try to open the .AF5 file ?
You can also try zip and post the project files. Then we can try to see if we can open it.

 

[rPraveenkum]

Hi parsn.

It normally works with no problems.
Do you get an error message of some kind when you try to open the .AF5 file ?
You can also try zip and post the project files. Then we can try to see if we can open it.

Hi parsn this is the only way to convert your *.AF5 file

 

[rPraveenkum]

Follow this
Use these steps to convert a 6200 PLC-5 project to RSLogix 5.

• 1. In RSLogix 5, select File > Open. Browse to the directory with the .af5 file (\IPDS\ARCH\PLC5 is the directory used by 6200), select the .af5 file and click Open.
  2. After the ladder logic is converted, click OK in the IMPORT AB 6200 DATABASE dialog to convert the database.
  3. After conversion, select File > Save, then click Save to save the file in the .rsp (RSLogix 5) format.
  

Use these steps to convert an RSLogix 5 project to a 6200 Series PLC-5 project.

• 1. In RSLogix 5, select File > Save As and change the Save As Type field to PLC-5 Programs(*.X5).
  2. Browse to \IPDS\ARCH\PLC5 and click Save to save the program in the .x5 format.
  3. Select Tools > Database > ASCII Export. Click the AB 6200 radio button for the Export Output Format, then click OK.
  4. In the Select Export Destination Directory dialog, browse to \IPDS\TEXT\PLC5 and click OK.
  5. Click OK to accept the warning about symbols. This creates a .txt file with the same name as your project.
  6. In 6200 Series PLC-5, select [F7] - File Utilities > [F6] - Import > [F8] - 6200 from AI/WinLogic 5.
  7. Highlight the .x5 file and select [F3] - Select Source.
  If you do not see the .x5 file, you may need to move the file or change the default directory for AI-5 projects. 6200-PLC5 defaults to C:\PLC5\PROGS as the subdirectory for AI-5 projects. To change the default directory, from the main menu, select F6-Sftware Configr, F7-Define Dir, F2-AI/WL5 Dir, and enter the name of the directory you want to use. Here, we have assumed that \IPDS\TEXT\PLC5 is the directory. If you do not have AI-5 loaded on your computer, this might be a good choice for the directory.
  8. Select [F4] - Type in Destination, then type the name of the project in the destination field and press [Enter].
  9. Since you exported, you need to disable the option to import the database. Select [F6] - Select data, highlight Comments and Symbols, press [F3] - Toggle Selectn, [F9] - Save Config, and Escape to go back to the previous menu.
  10. Select [F1] - Begin Oper to begin the import.
  11. Select [F3] - Comments and Symbols from the Import menu.
  12. Highlight the .txt file and select [F3] - Select Source. Press [F4] - Type in Destination. Type the name of the project in the destination field and press [Enter].
  You should use the same project name you used in step 6 for the destination field of the External Format Import dialog.
  13. Select [F1] - Begin Oper to begin the import.
  

NOTE:
With RSLogix 5 version 1.0.9, the symbols that are exported to the .txt file will be truncated to 10 characters even though 6200-PLC5 version 5.01 and above can handle 20 character symbol names. The descriptions should be imported correctly.

 

[TConnolly]

NOTE:
With RSLogix 5 version 1.0.9, ....

RSLogix5 is at version 7.1. I really hope you are not that far behind.

 

[rPraveenkum]

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RSLogix5 is at version 7.1. I really hope you are not that far behind.

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