Whenever the program is saved, the RSLogix program gives the opportunity to add revision notes to the file so that a description of the current revision can be captured.
Entering revision notes is not required but can be helpful later if we need to revert to a previous version.
If these notes ever need to be enhanced or modified, selecting “Revision Notes” from the Edit menu in the main toolbar will allow for editing these notes.
In the Revision History Editor, we can use the Next and Previous buttons to scroll through the notes associated with each revision.
We can edit a note by placing the cursor in the editing window for any note and typing in the correction or addition.
Each note can be as long as the editor will allow.
One of the most useful methods for documenting and troubleshooting PLC code is to create a report, or printout, of the ladder program, data tables, cross reference, or other aspects of the RSLogix 500 configuration.
We will format the page layout for the report.
In the Layout section of the Report Options window, we see that we can define the report page title, the page header, and the page footer.
- We select Title in the window’s menu, and see the default title is RSLogix Title. We also see that the RSLog...
One of the best tools for diagnosing issues and troubleshooting a PLC program is the PLC file S2, the Status file.
The file presentation type indicates Structured, which is the format displayed. The format can be changed to Binary, Decimal, or other formats if desired.
On the first tab, Main, t...
