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CreatingaNewProject
ThisispartofanRSLogix5000Tutorial.
ThefirststepincreatinganautomationprograminRSLogix5000istocreateaproject.Whenyoufirstopen
RSLogix5000youwillbepresentedwithaStartPage,anditseasytoselectNewProjectfromthispage:

ClickingNewProjectwillopentheNewControllerdialog:

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ThedefaultsintheNewControllerDialogarefine(aControlLogix5561controllerwitha10slotchassis,and
thecontrollerinslot0ofthechassis).JustenteranameforyourcontrollerintheNamefieldandclickOK.The
dialogwillcloseandtheleftsideofthewindowwilldisplaytheControllerOrganizerpanel:

Ivehighlightedthemostcommonandimportantelementsinthecontrollerorganizertree:
1.ControllerTags:SimilartomemoryfilesintheoldSLC500orPLC/5processors,thisiswhereyoucan
seeallyourtags,a.k.a.variablesormemorylocations,thatarevisiblebyallofyourlogic.
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2.MainTask&MainProgram:Thisisthedefaultcontainerwhereyouputyourlogic.Youcancreatemore
tasksandmoreprograms.Eachprogramcanhavelocaltagsthatareonlyvisiblebythatprogram.
3.I/OConfiguration:Thisiswhereyousetupthephysicalcomponentsofthesystemlikeinputcards,output
cards,motioncontrollers,VFDs,etc.
Iwillexpandonalloftheseinlatersectionsofthetutorial.

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DonDrobiszDecember28,2010at1:03pm
ImanoviceatPLCs,butamveryfamiliarwithmotorcontrols,andwouldliketobecomeproficiantwith
PLCs.
Ineedtolearnallaboutthesedevices.
Thanks

VincentMarch30,2011at9:59am
Excellenttutorial.Thanksalottopublishthis.
YouhaveanymoretutorialforRxLogix5000whichIcanpurchaseonline?
Thanksagain!

AuthorcommentbyScottWhitlockMarch30,2011at10:18am
@Vincentsorry,notatthemoment,no.Thanksforthefeedbackthough!

KhalilUllahJuly6,2013at1:41pm
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greateffort

mattApril24,2015at10:12pm
Itsurewouldbeniceiftherewasalinkatthebottomcallednextsowecouldsimplymoveontothenext
sectioninsteadofhavingtogobackandthenfindit.Notabigthing,minorinconvenience,butsurewould
benice!

LarryDavisFebruary8,2016at1:13pm
Thanksthisisgreatinsight.HaveaGreatDay

LarryDavisFebruary8,2016at1:14pm
Doyouhaveanythingexplainingtheuseandapplicationsofstrings?

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