ProcessLogix R500.1 Selection Guide

Professional or 2000 Server operating system. See Table 11.B: Client 

Platform Requirements based on System Configurations on page 11-4

in the ProcessLogix R500.1 Installation and Upgrade Guide to review 

the ProcessLogix Client platform requirements.

ProcessLogix Online User Documentation/Knowledge Builder

ProcessLogix online user documentation is included with your ProcessLogix 

system in browser format through Knowledge Builder. Most of the documents 

may also be ordered individually through Rockwell Automation in print 

format, visit us at: www.theautomationbookstore.com

Knowledge Builder provides the user with task-based documentation within the 

Server and Client stations and may be accessed while using any of 

ProcessLogix’s software programs. Knowledge Builder’s internal links and search 

functions allow the user to access process relevant information and references.

References to Knowledge Builder throughout this document are illustrated as:

Navigate in Knowledge Builder to Ethernet Implementation 

Guide⇒Configuration⇒Setting Up Drivers and IP Addresses for more 

information.

ProcessLogix R500.1 Installation and Upgrade Guide

The ProcessLogix R500.1 Installation and Upgrade Guide is shipped with a 

ProcessLogix system and provides:

• procedures for upgrading an R320.0 or R400.0 system to R500.1

• procedures for updating the firmware to R500.1 levels

• procedures for installing the software on a clean PC

• procedures for tasks associated with migrating to redundant Server 

and/or redundant Controller architecture.

Rockwell Automation 

Technical Support

Rockwell Automation offers support services worldwide, with over 75 

sales/support offices, 512 authorized distributors, and 260 authorized systems 

integrators located throughout the United States alone, plus Rockwell 

Automation representatives in every major country in the world.

Local Product Support

Contact your local Rockwell Automation representative for:

• sales and order support

• product technical training

• warranty support

• support service agreements

Before you contact Rockwell Automation for technical assistance, we suggest 

you please review the troubleshooting information contained in this 

publication first.

If the problem persists, call your local Rockwell Automation representative or 

contact Rockwell Automation in one of the following ways:

Your Questions or Comments about This Manual 

If you find a problem or have a comment about this manual, please notify us 

of it on the enclosed How Are We Doing Form, at the back of this manual. 

This form is also available in Knowledge Builder.

If you have any suggestions about how we can make this manual more useful 

to you, please contact us at the following address:

Rockwell Automation, Inc. 

Automation Control and Information Group

Technical Communication

1 Allen-Bradley Drive

Mayfield Heights, OH 44124-6118

Phone United 

States/Canada

1.440.646.5800

Outside United 

States/Canada

You can access the phone number for your 

country via the Internet:

1. Go to http://www.ab.com

2. Click on Product Support

(http://support.automation.rockwell.com)

3. Under Support Centers, click on Contact 

Information

Internet ⇒ 1. Go to http://www.ab.com

2. Click on Product Support

(http://support.automation.rockwell.com)

Conventions Terms and Type Representations

The following table summarizes the terms and type representation 

conventions used in this Guide.

Table P.2 : Terms and Type Representations

Term/Type 

Representation

Meaning Example

click, click on, click 

[button name]

Click left mouse button once. 

(Assumes cursor is positioned on 

object or selection.)

Click Browse. 

double-click Click left mouse button twice in 

quick succession. (Assumes cursor 

is positioned on object or 

selection.)

Double-click the Station icon. 

drag Press and hold left mouse button 

while dragging cursor to new 

screen location and then release 

the button. (Assumes cursor is 

positioned on object or selection to 

be moved.)

Drag the PID function block 

onto the Control Drawing.

right-click Click right mouse button once. 

(Assumes cursor is positioned on 

object or selection.)

Right-click the AND function 

block. 

select click to highlight a menu item or 

list choice, or click on a button.

Select Configure 

Allen-Bradley drivers from the 

list box.

<F1> Keys to be pressed are shown in 

angle brackets.

Press <F1> to view the online 

Help. 

<Ctrl>+<C> Keys to be pressed together are 

shown with a plus sign. 

Press <Ctrl>+<C> to close the 

window. 

File ⇒ New Shows menu selection as menu 

name followed by menu selection.

Click File ⇒ New to start 

new drawing. 

>D:setup.exe< Data to be keyed in at prompt or in 

an entry field.

Enter this path location 

>D:setup.exe<.

This release introduces enhancements to Rockwell Automation's ProcessLogix 

process control system.The enhancements include:

Table 1.A New Features and Functions Overview