Studio 5000 Logix Designer Import

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Import Generated PLC in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer

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Introduction
1. Download Project from PLCCreator
2. Open Studio 5000 Logix Designer
3. Select "l5k" File
4. Save Imported Project as "ACD" File
5. Explore Project Import

Introduction

The RS Studio 5000®, orStudio 5000 Logix Designer®, is a powerful software package developed by Rockwell Automation, one of the leading providers of industrial automation solutions. It is a key component of the Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture system, which is widely used in various industries for control and automation applications.

Studio 5000 Logix Designer® serves as an engineering software for programming and configuring Rockwell Automation Logix family of programmable logic controllers (PLCs). These PLCs include the ControlLogix, CompactLogix, and SoftLogix controllers, which are used to automate and control a wide range of industrial processes and machinery.

With Studio 5000 Logix Designer® engineers and automation professionals can create an application code for their Logix controllers in a single software environment. It offers a user-friendly interface that simplifies the design, configuration, and maintenance of automation projects.

In the steps presented below we are providing a procedure how to import a PLC created with PLCCreator in Studio 5000 Logix Designer®.

1.
Download Project from PLCCreator

OnPLC Detailspage, click the button HW Config on PLC details toolbar to download the zip file.

In some cases on mobile devices or smaller screens, if the button is not visible, you may first click the toolbar menu button to open the PLC details toolbar.

Unzip the file preferably in the separate folder.

2.
Open Studio 5000 Logix Designer®

Open Studio 5000 Logix Designer® and click on "From Import":

Figure 1: Startup Screen of Studio 5000 Logix Designer®

3.
Select "l5k" File

Point to the directory where the downloaded zip file was unzipped, select the.l5kfile that contains your PLC name and click "Open".

Figure 2: Select "l5k" File

4.
Save Imported Project as "ACD" File

Studio 5000 Logix Designer® will start and will open "Save As" dialog where to save the imported project. Set the location and file name and click "Import". Studio 5000 Logix Designer® will start with the import of your "l5k" project.

Figure 3: Saving Imported Project as "ACD" File
Figure 3: Saving Imported Project as "ACD" File

5.
Explore Project Import

The project import completes in 10-20 seconds and the project appears in the Controller Organizer panel. On the status bar click on the "Errors" button to see the log of the import operation.

Figure 4: IO Configuration of the Imported Project
Figure 4: IO Configuration of the Imported Project

Double click the "Controller Tags" to see the tags. They shall correspond to the IO list uploaded during PLC generation process:

Figure 5: Controller Tags According the Uploaded IO List
Figure 5: Controller Tags According the Uploaded IO List
This is the last step of the import procedure. Your PLC hardware configuration has been created and now you can continue with the development of the business logic according to customer control requirements.