System requirements for Studio 5000 Logix Designer version 30.xx

For optimal performance of the Logix Designer application, your personal computer should meet or exceed the following hardware and software requirements.

Hardware Requirements

• Intel Core i5 Standard Power processor (i5-3xxx)
• 8 GB of RAM memory
• 20 GB free hard disk space

Software Requirements

• Operating system and service pack compatibility:
  • Windows® 7 Professional (64-bit) with Service Pack 1
  • Windows 8.1 Professional (64-bit) with April 2014 Update Roll-up
  • Windows 10 Professional (64-bit) version 1607
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition with Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (64-bit)
  • Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition
  • Windows Server 2016

• .NET Framework 4.6

• This version of Logix Designer is expected to operate correctly on all other editions and service packs of the following operating systems but has not been tested:
  • Microsoft Windows 7
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft Windows 8
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows 10
• The following prerequisite software is required with this version of Logix Designer application and will be installed when you install this release:
  • FactoryTalk® Services Platform v2.90.00
  • FactoryTalk® Activation Manager v4.00.02
  • RSLinx Classic v3.90.00
  • RSLinx Enterprise v5.90.00

• On Windows 8 and later, the Adobe® Flash Player ActiveX Control is included with the operating system. On Windows 7, the Adobe® Flash Player ActiveX Control must be downloaded and installed to operate the Logix Designer Start page. The Adobe Flash Player ActiveX Control can be downloaded from Adobe’s website at this URL: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
• FactoryTalk® View Site Edition (SE) software and RSLinx® Enterprise communication software are required in order to fully use alarming capabilities.

• Be sure to check the software requirements for other Rockwell Software® products that you intend to install to be sure that these products are also compatible with the system.

• Logix5000 controllers and ControlLogix Motion modules in your system must contain a revision of firmware that is compatible with this version of the Logix Designer application. The firmware images for most of the supported modules are contained on a DVD-ROM shipped with Rockwell Software Studio 5000 Automation Engineering & Design Environment™.

To check and download the firmware compatible with this version of the Logix Designer application, use the Product Compatibility and Download Center (http://compatibility.rockwellautomation.com/Pages/MultiProductDownload.aspx?crumb=112 )

• The firmware associated with this release version of the programming software does not support redundancy. Redundancy firmware revisions are released later than the standard revisions and are available for download from the Product Compatibility and Download Center.

Redundancy-enabled Projects Sometimes Fail to Upload from The Controller Unless Original Download File Exists (Lgx00191976)

Corrected Anomaly as of Studio 5000 Logix Designer® v30.01.00 and v31.00.00

Known Anomaly first identified in version 30.00.00 of Studio 5000 Logix Designer

When you attempt to upload a redundancy-enabled project from the controller, the upload fails unless your computer contains the same project file that was originally downloaded.

The Studio 5000 Logix Designer application gives an error that the project has redundancy disabled and controller firmware with a minor revision of .49 is required.

Rungs missing in routine after online edit with Logix Designer (Lgx00196898, Lgx00200753, Lgx00201030)

Anomaly first identified in Studio 5000 Logix Designer v28

Studio 5000 Logix Designer v28, v29, v30

Corrected Anomaly in Studio 5000 Logix Designer v30.01, v28.03

If online changes are made to a ladder logic routine within a ControlLogix 5580 or CompactLogix 5380 controller and those changes are assembled or tested, and subsequently removed, all rungs within the routine may be removed when the Go Online command in Logix Designer application is used to initiate the edit.

The rungs appear as missing within the Logix Designer editor. Controller projects that have been online edited continue to operate as expected until the Go Online command is used and a subsequent download of the resulting project file is performed.

All of the following conditions must be met for this anomaly to occur:

• The routine must have been created using the Logix Designer ladder logic editor.
• Online edits occurred and edits have been assembled or tested.
• Edits made to a ladder routine have been removed through a cancel operation or re-editing the routine to back out changes that have been made such that the resulting routine has not changed.
• Open a file in Studio 5000 Logix Designer application that does not have the changes and use the Go Online command to connect to the edited controller, forcing correlation of the online version with the offline version.

If these conditions are met, when the affected routine is opened in the Logix Designer ladder logic editor, all rungs within that routine are missing and the number of rungs reported by the Controller Organization within Logix Designer is zero. If the affected routine is opened an empty rung is added and project validation fails. However, if the affected routine is not opened, project validation will pass and allow download of the application to the controller with the affected routine now missing all rungs within the controller.

Important - The rungs appear as missing within the Logix Designer ladder editor, but controller projects that have been online edited continue to operate as expected within the controller until downloaded.

For complete information, see Knowledgebase article 1063358: Product Notice 2017-10-002 Logix Designer Ladder Logic Editor Missing All Rungs in a Routine when Online with Correlation after Online Edits are removed in ControlLogix 5580 and CompactLogix 5380.

Output state user defined value must be 0 when Hold Last State is selected

Studio 5000 Logix Designer v28

A module fault on the 1758-OF8 of: (Code 16#0009) Module Configuration Rejected: Parameter error. Additional Fault Code 16#000e will remain in a fault state after a reset of the slot and when the OK LED is green. As a workaround, the Output State User Defined value must be set to 0 when Hold Last State is selected in the 1756-OF8 module. (Lgx00164117)

Trend restarts from the beginning when Pause is clicked (Lgx00184775)

Studio 5000 Logix Designer v29.00

When you click Pause during trending, the trend sometimes starts over from the beginning. (Lgx00184775)

Phase Manager and Sequence Manager sometimes show different phase states (Lgx00183769)

Studio 5000 Logix Designer v29.00

When FactoryTalk Security Modify Logic access is denied, FBD properties are sometimes inaccessible (Lgx00184895)

Studio 5000 Logix Designer v29.00

When Modify Logic access is denied but View Logic access is allowed in FactoryTalk security settings, users sometimes cannot open the Properties dialog box in the Function Block Diagram editor. (Lgx00184895)

As a workaround, select the FBD instruction and press Alt + Enter to open the Properties dialog box.

Low controller memory can prevent connection to the controller (Lgx00179908)

Studio 5000 Logix Designer v29.00

Changing Data Context for AOI does not change metadata context (Lgx00185356)

Studio 5000 Logix Designer v29.00

Error when using Import to overwrite an existing locked component (Lgx00190571)

Anomaly first identified in Studio 5000 Logix Designer v30.00

The Logix Designer application displays a red flag and/or error ("Unable to overwrite [component] while online. The locked routine already exists in project and there are no differences in locked logic") when you attempt to use Import to overwrite an existing locked component with an identical locked component.

Use one of the following steps to work around the issue:

• If the option is available, select Use Existing for the affected components.
• Unlock and lock the affected components.
• Do not included affected components in the content being imported.

IOT instruction may decompile incorrectly (Lgx00176073, Lgx00188026, Lgx00188027, Lgx00188028)

Anomaly first identified in Studio 5000 Logix Designer v26.00

IOT instruction may decompile incorrectly. If you upload a rung containing, for example, "IOT(MyProduceOrConsumeArrayTag)," it can incorrectly upload or decompile as "IOT(MyProduceOrConsumeArrayTag[0])".

Changing Data Context in Add-On Instructions does not change the description and project documentation in Data Context tab(Lgx00185356, Lgx00185438, Lgx00185439, Lgx00186196)

Anomaly first identified in Studio 5000 Logix Designer v28.00

When you select a tag in the Data Context menu in the Add-On Instruction Parameters and Local Tags dialog box, the Properties pane displays the description and project documentation for a tag from the Add-On Instruction Definition Data Context but not from the Add-On Instruction Instance Data Context. Editing the description and properties in this case does not change the description and properties for the selected Data Context tag, but instead changes the description and properties for the Add-On Instruction Instance Definition.

Follow these instructions to work around the issue:

• View and edit the description and properties from the Program Parameters and Local Tags editor for the instance tag rather than from the Add-On Instruction Parameters and Local Tags editor.

Downloading a PointIO project may cause error 16#0205 (Lgx00190599)

Anomaly first identified in Studio 5000 Logix Designer v28.02

When you add a module to a PointIO rack offline, the module is configured for slot 1 by default. When you update the module profile with the correct slot position and download the project to the controller, error 16#0205 occurs.

Follow these instructions to work around the issue:

• Go offline, remove the module, and add it again in the correct slot.

Tracked State Value for Redundant Controller May Not Be Correct After A Switchover (Lgx00189950, Lgx00190153, Lgx00190152)

Corrected Anomaly in Firmware Revision 31.051

Known Anomaly first identified in version 30.00

Catalog Numbers: ControlLogix® 5570 Redundant Controllers

When you enable redundancy but do not retain test edits of a tracked routine, and switchover occurs with test edits running, the Tracked State value on the redundant controller will show the tracked state value of the controller with test edits, even though the test edits are not running in the redundant controller.

Follow one of these steps to work around the issue:

• On the redundant controller (after the switchover, the new primary controller), make a test edit, then undo the test edit. The Tracked State value should now be correct.
• Configure redundancy to retain test edits.

Routines may not indicate an Overflow Fault setting mismatch (Lgx00190654, Lgx00190708)

Anomaly first identified in version 30.00

If you create a routine and lock it, and then change the Report Overflow Faults setting on the Controller Properties dialog box - Advanced tab, the fault reporting behavior might not match what you expect. For example, if you lock a routine with the Report Overflow Faults setting unselected, but then select the setting and download the project to the controller, no overflow would be reported for that routine. If you lock a routine with the Report Overflow Faults setting selected, but then unselect the setting and download the project to the controller, no overflow would be reported for that routine, but you could still experience the possible decrease in runtime performance and increase in download time.

Logix Designer application Launcher can fail when you click About > Support (Lgx00190760, Lgx00190865)

Anomaly first identified in version 30.00

The Logix Designer application Launcher can fail when you click About > Support. This can happen when the Logix Designer application is installed on the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system, you log into Windows with User Access Control (UAC) disabled, and Microsoft Edge is the default browser.

Use one of these steps to work around the issue:

• Enable UAC.
• Set the default browser to an application other than Microsoft Edge.
• Open an Internet Explorer window and browse to Rockwell Automation Support at this URL: http:www.rockwellautomation.com/support/

May not be able to select the correct revision when adding 2715 HMI PanelView 5500 HMI module to Logix Designer (Lgx00191064)

Anomaly first identified in version 30.00

When adding a 2715 HMI PanelView 5500 HMI into the I/O Configuration tree in the Logix Designer application, the Module Definition Revision will be 2.001, even if you are connecting to a V3.xxx PanelView 5500. There is no selection to pick a V3.xxx revision. This will still operate correctly if you choose Compatible Module for the Electronic Keying.

Functional changes in Studio 5000 Logix Designer version 30.01

Studio 5000 Logix Designer version 30.01 has the following changes in functionality since the last release.

Installation wizard

The entire installation has been automated for ease and convenience. The wizard is used to install Logix Designer and supporting applications on your system. After you select the software you want to install, the installer prepares the files needed for that version of software. After the files are prepared you choose from two installation methods:

• Install now - Installs the components available on your system using the recommended settings.
• Customize - You choose which components to install.

Tip: Keep the following considerations in mind before installing the Logix Designer application:

• Some antivirus software blocks or disrupts the Studio 5000 environment installation. If you experience difficulty, try disabling your antivirus software before installation.
• Make sure that you have Administrator privileges on the computer on which you want to install the Studio 5000 environment.

Import/Export

The Import/Export version number for this version of Logix Designer application is 2.21. The following table lists the Import/Export versions for previous releases.

The following are the application notes for Logix Designer version 30.01.

While the programming software continues to extend its functionality with each new release, the physical controllers that it supports will vary. New controllers are added, and in some cases, support for existing controllers may be removed. While a specific controller may not be supported by the current release, the side-by-side installation of multiple versions of the software will, in most cases provide a means to support the older hardware. If you decide to migrate from one controller to another, a project created for one controller can be easily converted to another controller using the Controller Properties configuration dialog box within the software.

If you open a project that is configured for a controller that is no longer supported and the older version of software is not installed, the software will provide an appropriate warning and will automatically provide the option to convert the project to one of the controllers supported by the release.

Microsoft .NET 4.6 may cause failure in earlier versions of the Logix Designer application

When you install version 30.01 of Logix Designer, Microsoft .NET 4.6 is installed automatically. However, .NET 4.6 can cause the following issues:

• When previous versions of Logix Designer are installed after version 30.00, .NET 4.6 may cause installation to fail for these earlier versions of the Logix Designer application.
• When installed on 32-bit Windows operating systems, .NET 4.6 causes versions 23 and earlier of the Logix Designer application to fail on startup.

Follow one of these steps to work around the issue:

• Do not install version 30.01 of the Logix Designer application on a 32-bit Windows operating system on which you also run version 23 or earlier of the Logix Designer application.
• Contact Rockwell Automation Support for instructions on disabling the Logix Designer Start page on versions 23 or earlier. Disabling the Start page allows the Logix Designer application to start and run.

If the VeriSign Universal Root Certification Authority certificate does not exist on the local computer, the certificate is installed while installing Rockwell Automation software. Use Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to view the certificate in Console Root > Certificates (Local Computer) > Trusted Root Certification Authorities > Certificates.

Microsoft Root Certification Authority certificate

If the Microsoft Root Certificate Authority 2011 certificate does not exist on the local computer, the certificate is installed while installing Rockwell Automation software. Use Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to view the certificate in Console Root > Certificates (Local Computer) > Trusted Root Certification Authorities > Certificates.

If you use a Custom RSLogix 5000 Motion Database in RSLogix 5000 software version 12 through 17, you need an updated motion database to work with versions 18 or later. The following table lists the motion database revisions that are used with these application versions.

* Before a Custom Motor can be used in version 18 or later, any Custom Motor currently in a motion database file at revision 5 or earlier (Motion.db format) must be converted to the newer Motion.mdb format.

Command-line parameters

•   To install the software with no user interface using the default settings during the installation process. (Unattended install)

Setup.exe /Q /IAcceptAllLicenseTerms

•   To install the Chinese language version of the software on the D: drive and display the progress, error, or complete messages during installation and restart the computer if necessary. (Silent install)

Setup.exe /QS /IAcceptAllLicenseTerms /AutoRestart /SetupLanguage=CHS /InstallDrive=D: