How To Move Rslogix 5000 Activation

I re-host my activation's almost every week. Laptop to desktop and back again. Trust me I wish I had a dongle. Open Activation manager. Choose the license you want to re-host, then click 'Rehost Activation' Close the browser. That will take the license off that computer Open Activation Manager on the computer you want to activate your license on. Using FT activation manager, the best thing to do is to rehost the activation to the activation server. Then pull it down to the new machine. You have a few options on how to do that. Source: I license a machine a week or so.

General • To access Release Notes for this version of software, choose Release Notes from the Help menu. • The Quick View Pane, located below the Controller Organizer, provides 'thumbnail' information for the selected component. • The Watch Pane, located below the language editor window, provides monitoring for all tags referenced in the active routine window.

• The Controller Organizer is dockable. That is, you can drag it to the left or right side of the screen, or float it somewhere in between. • Hide/show the Controller Organizer via a toolbar button to make more display area for editors. • RSLogix 5000 supports Cut/Copy/Paste/Drag/Drop of components within the Controller Organizer as well as to other instances of RSLogix 5000. • Double-clicking on error messages displayed in the Error Window will navigate you to where the error was encountered.F4 and Shift-F4 can be used to move between errors.

• You can reorder the columns in the tag editor by clicking on the title and dragging it to a new position. • To simultaneously display logic in multiple routines, select Window -> New Window and then arrange the windows manually. Or select Window -> Tile Horizontal. • To remove a yellow triangle warning symbol on a device, first check the connection status.

If the status is 'Connection is not scheduled', re-open the RSNetWorx software. Return to RSLogix 5000 software and the yellow triangle should be gone. • On one computer, you can install and simultaneously launch (run) multiple translated versions of RSLogix 5000 software. • Once you do a partial import of rungs, add-on instructions, or user-defined data types, you can't undo the import. If the import didn't work as expected, close the project without saving. • When you select a partial import, make sure to select the correct rung or trend file.

Both files have L5X extensions and the software doesn't prevent you from selecting the wrong file. If you try to import a rung where a trend is expected, or vice versa, the software does display an error that the import failed. • Partial import of rungs works in all ladder routines, including Add-On Instructions. • In version 15, the Tag Editor added support for New Window. • To simultaneously display logic in multiple routines, select Window -> New Window and then arrange the windows manually. Or select Window -> Tile Horizontal. Keyboard • Keyboard shortcuts are listed in the Online Help, under the 'Navigating the Software' topic.

• You can use Ctrl+Page Down and Ctrl+Page Up to move between tabs in a dialog or routine window. • You can use Ctrl+Tab and Shift+Ctrl+Tab to move between multiple RSLogix 5000 views. • You can use Ctrl+G to invoke the Go To dialog.

The Go To dialog is convenient for navigating the software. • You can use Alt+Insert to open the Language Element browser in any of the language editors. You can also invoke this browser by pressing the Insert key in the LD, SFC and FBD editors.

• You can use Ctrl+Space to invoke the Tag browser from within the ST editor. • You can use the Go To dialog (Ctrl+G) to quickly navigate to routines called by the current routine and to routines that call the current routine. • In the Sequential Function Chart Editor, you can use the Routine Overview (Ctrl+B) tool to view your entire SFC and help navigate to a specific area of your chart. • Double-clicking on error messages displayed in the Error Window will navigate you to where the error was encountered. F4 and Shift-F4 can be used to move between errors. • The Language Element browser is a shortcut to adding logic.