Others have been around a while, but have been virtually unknown by the masses.

Again, any RSLogix 5000 user will realize productivity gains by using these tips and tricks.

Key Topics Covered in this Lab: Trending Enhancements Quick Trends 1 ms Samples Logging (view Trends offline or in Excel) Start, Stop Triggers Pre-Sampling, Post Sampling Customize the editor, Type Ahead, Bookmarks, Quick View Pane, etc, etc.

Start with the RSLogix 5000 Tips and Tricks: Part 1 project that you left off with at the end of the last lab.

In rung 5 of the main routine, right click on atimer.DN and click on Trend atimer.DN.

Make sure you click on the tag, not the instruction.

Commented JC1: A couple more items I thought of 1.

Printing. There is a lot of flexibility with printing that Ive discovered most users are completely unaware of.

It is so context-sensitive that it is difficult for the user to grasp.

Were providing a simplified interface in v13 but the context sensitive printing will still remain in tact.

Let me know if youd like to discuss this more.

The String Browser.

It is available from the Data Monitor for a String tag.

I can elaborate if you want but you might already cover it in one of your existing labs.

Commented JC2: so is the Find All atimer.DN.

Should talk about this new enhancement in the Find section.

Feedback for adding the Find All to this context menu came directly from HOT feedback RSLogix5000: Tips and Tricks: Part 2 Page 2 071916 2.

Right click on the chart, and select Chart Properties.

Under the X-Axis tab, change the 2 second time span to 20 seconds and click OKThats better.

But that blue sure is difficult to see against that black background.

Right click on the chart againChart PropertiesDisplay Tabdouble click Background Color.

Change the color to white and click OK in the Color Window.

Go to the Y-Axis, select Custom, and set the minimum and maximum value to 1 and 2, as shown below.

RSLogix5000: Tips and Tricks: Part 2 Page 3 071916 8.

Click OK. The chart now looks like: 9.

Close the chart by click the X in the upper right hand corner of the screen.

DONT close the whole project, just the trend (only an issue if the trend is maximized): 10.

This dialog is asking if we want to create a saved trend that well have access to later.

That sounds like a good idea.

Set the Sample Period to 100 ms instead of 10 ms, then click Next.

Note: Before V12, the fastest trend Sample Period was 10 ms, but with V12, it is possible to sample as fast as 1 ms.

We set our sample rate at 100 ms because it is fast enough for the tag we are trending.

Getting Trend data out of the controller is the 2nd highest priority task, lower only than the Motion Task.

Scan time will take about a 200 us hit for the first tag trended, with very little additional scan time taken for additional tags.

The faster you want to trend data, the fewer tags you will be able to trend.

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