Free RSLogix 500 Download Process Update Videoįrom watching the video, I will walk you through the setup process in the article below. This is one of the platforms I learned to use years ago when I first started over 18 years ago, that was RSlogix 5 but the difference between RSlogix 5 and RSlogix 500 is very minor from a software standpoint but is much different as far as I/O and processor but learning from this free version has a very beneficial value. When it comes to understanding programming then it is best to practice but what a lot of people have trouble with is not having the software but you can get a solid foundation of programming by using RSlogix. The first thing to do is to set up an account with Rockwell’s website if you do not have one already but don’t worry if you do not have one because I will discuss that as well.
There were some broken links in the old KB article so as soon as they knew about it then the fix was released today so this is what I will talk about within these videos along with how to find the download and how to install the software. Well, there has been an update on the Rockwell Knowledgebase so as I normally do, keep you in the know so we can all keep up to date.
The SLC (DH485) Emulator Driver should now appear available in RSLinx to configure.Where to find the RSLogix Micro Starter Kit Double click on the DLL to open the Edit String dialog. Right click on EMU500 and select New->String Value. Enter SLC 500 (DH485) Emulator driver under Value Data. Double click on the Description to open the Edit String dialog.
The name of the key should be Description. Enter 2 under Value Data and select Hexadecimal under Base. Double click on the Flags to open the Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value dialog. Right click on EMU500 and select New->DWORD (32-bit) Value. Enter 13 under Value Data and select Hexadecimal under Base. Double click on the DriverID to open the Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value dialog. Right click on EMU500 again from the left-hand side and select New->DWORD (32-bit) Value. Enter 0 under Value Data and select Hexadecimal under Base. Double click on the AutoLoad to open the Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value dialog.
Right Click on Loadable Drivers and select New->Key and name the key EMU500 Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SOFTWARE->Wow6432Node->Rockwell Software->RSLinx->Loadable Drivers.
Open the Registry Editor (Start->Enter regedit in the open field).
Essentially a manual patch to create the needed registry key (the driver DLL turns out to be installed already).
It has allowed me to get the emulator to show up in RSLinx 2.59 running Win 7 圆4 Pro. I received the following from RA support. If necessary, I may go back to RSLinx 2.57 to get it back, since the drivers I gained going to 2.59 are of no use on that PC anyhow. I will worry about it tomorrow when I get back to work. In doing that, I may have broken the Emulate driver, and it didn't fix the crashing problem (blowing away the harmony files fixed the crashing problem). A week or two ago, I had problems with RSLinx crashing very frequently, so I updated it from 2.57 to 2.59. I remember installing Emulate, Logix, Linx and others a few months ago on my new Win7 machine, and I thought I tested everything, and maybe I did. I was able to figure out what I needed using alternate methods. It's not a deal breaker, just something I noticed today when I was trying to analyze some code from a machine that was unavailable for real testing. That may be the case, but I have slept since then The first time time I installed Emulate 500 in '06 on my old XP box, and the recent time a couple of months ago, I don't recall the "EMU" driver being a separate installation or optional within the RSLinx/Emulate installation. It is not available in the drop down list when I configure drivers. I did not install it outside of the normal installation of Emulate 500 and RSLinx. Is the driver NOT available in Linx OR did you not install it?