With RSLogix 5000 programming software, you need only one software package for discrete, process, batch, motion, safety and drive-based applications. RSLogix 5000 software offers an easy-to-use, IEC61131-3 compliant interface, symbolic programming with structures and arrays and a comprehensive instruction set that serves many types of applications. It provides ladder logic, structured text, function block diagram and sequential function chart editors for program development as well as support for the S88 equipment phase state model for batch and machine control applications.

If you want to:

Reduce Time

• Save time in development using digital/analog I/O faceplates or any one of the more complex device, network or application faceplates with premier device integration
  
• Promote design efficiencies like reusability, improved quality and reduced engineering time with modular programming.
  
• Globally deploy a single project file that's viewable in each user's native language with multilingual software and project documentation with language switching.
  
• Reduce development and commissioning time by eliminating the need to design/manage addressing allocation with tag-based addressing.
  
• Save engineering time by creating your own reusable AOIs with custom AOIs.
  
• Promote consistency between projects when you reuse common algorithms with custom AOIs.
  
• Simplify debugging by using animated data values from a specific instance of an AOI with custom AOIs.
  
• Add, edit, or replace programs, routines and AOIs while the system is running without affecting production with runtime partial import.
  
• Deploy changes or additions developed and tested offline to a running system with runtime partial import.
  
• Administer security centrally based on users, groups and/or controllers, allow viewing of routines while preventing modification with security/protection of intellectual property.
  
• Apply source protection.
  
• Help to program applications difficult to control with traditional PID instructions with advanced process control function block instructions.

Ease Diagnostics

• Simplify troubleshooting, reduce training requirements and warranty costs with modular programming.
  
• View troubleshooting code in a desired language with multilingual software and project documentation with language switching.
  
• Read/troubleshoot programs more easily because you can read/troubleshoot without documentation with tag-based addressing.
  
• Make it easier to pinpoint and troubleshoot errors with online project change logging.
  
• Manage plant control systems to improve MTTR with RSLogix Architect Library Management.
  
• Clock synchronization identifies the best time source in the control system to help to provide a more fault-tolerant architecture with clock synchronization via CIP Sync.
  
• Help to eliminate the need for special synchronization hardware with clock synchronization via CIP Sync.
  
• Speed troubleshooting with audit trail; automatic backup or backup and compare with disaster recovery using FactoryTalk AssetCentre.
  
• Make identifying problems in the control system easy and fast, reducing downtime and improving productivity (native, pre-defined I/O module profiles, RSTrendX component provides graphical real-time histograms with rich diagnostics.

Increase Productivity

• Reduce startup and downtime using additional device and system status, control and diagnostics with RSLogix 5000 Premier Device Integration.
  
• Improve security for regulatory compliance with intellectual property protection.
  
• Minimize costs and waste while optimizing overall production with advanced process control function block instructions.
  
• Track and control online project changes with an easy-to-read log that provides you with oversight management, critical to many FDA-regulated applications.
  
• Improve operator safety with GuardLogix SIL 3 instruction extensions with the SIL3 Safety Programming Editor.
  
• Improve regulatory compliance and user training with an audit trail provided by FactoryTalk AssetCentre Software.
  
• Reduce unauthorized system access and control authorized user actions through security with FactoryTalk AssetCentre Software.