Converting file from RSLogix 500 to RSLogic 5000

[Coles]

Looking for info on converting RSLogix 500 file to RSLogix 5000 format. 1747-L552 CPU is being changed out with the 1769L35E

 

[bobmortiss]

should auto compile if you have the 500 program

 

[Ken Roach]

There is a utility included with RSLogix 5000 that performs most of the conversion from PLC-5 or SLC-500 to ControlLogix. It's not an automatic conversion, but does about 80% of the work for typical programs.

Launch the utility from inside RSLogix 5000 using the Tools -> Translate PLC5/SLC menu item.

There is a Reference Manual for this utility:

http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/rm/1756-rm085_-en-p.pdf

 

[Sinc_green]

This conversion program works well (for PLC-5 at least, never used it for SLC). I've used it along with the manual to convert very large complex systems. It's a great time saver, but given the choice I would always have liked to have used the original program as a reference to generate an "identical" ControlLogix project.

With the conversion utility, you get all of the old data tables (B3, N7, etc) created as arrays, and logic to hammer DINTs into INTs to make it work. It can't be expected to take advantage of what RSLogix5000 has to offer, and IMO The only "upgrade" you really get initially is the increased processor capacity.