Application Code Manager: Up and Running
Learn how to create your first project in Application Code Manager.
Studio 5000 Application Code Manager
Learn how to create your first project in Application Code Manager.
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Application Code Manager is a tool that enables you to create Logix Designer projects and more through configuration rather than programming.
While using Application Code Manager, you can leverage libraries of reusable code to get applications running quickly. These can be custom libraries or pre-built and tested libraries that are provided for free by Rockwell Automation.
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to:
This will be the foundation for more advanced tutorials that cover more advanced topics like adding IO modules, safety engineering, and creating an HMI for a project.
To follow this tutorial, you will need to have the following software installed on your computer:
Now, let’s get started by creating a project in Application Code Manager.
If you haven’t already, open Application Code Manager on your computer.
Click on the New button in the top-left corner of the screen to create a new project.
In the Object Configuration Window that opens, expand the Project folder, select (RA-LIB) ACM 2.00 Project, and click Next.
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In the next screen, enter a descriptive name for your project and an optional description.
After giving your project a name, click Finish to create the project.
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Now that we have created our Application Code Manager project, we can add a controller to it.
You can add a controller in the Preview Pane, which lives in the bottom left corner of the screen.
To add a controller, right-click on the Controllers folder and select Add New from the context menu.
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In the Object Configuration Window that opens, expand the GuardLogix controller folder and select the 1756-L85ES GuardLogix Controller.
After you have made your selection, click Next.
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On the next screen, you can configure the parameters for the controller that you are adding to the project.
At a minimum, you should configure the following parameters:
The Name parameter.
The Slot parameter (for ControlLogix controllers).
The SoftwareRevision parameter.
The ProcessorType parameter.
In this case, I’ll leave the other parameters at their default values.
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After configuring the parameters, click Finish to add the controller to the project. You should now see your controller in the Preview Pane under the Controllers Folder.
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Add a task to the controller by expanding the controller and right-clicking on the Tasks folder. In the context menu, select Add New Task.
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The Object Configuration Window opens and lets you configure the properties of the task. In this case, I will leave the default values and click Finish to create the task.
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Add a Program to the task by right-clicking on the task and selecting Add New Program.
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The Object Configuration Window opens and lets you configure the properties of the program. In this case, I will leave the default values and click Finish to create the program.
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The program as well as a main routine are added to the project.
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Right-click on the controller and select Generate Controller to create a Studio 5000 Logix Designer project that contains the configuration for this controller.
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In the Logix Code Generation dialog box that opens, check the Create ACD checkbox and click on Generate.
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Once the process has finished, click on Open Folder to open the folder where the project was generated.
In the folder, you can see and open the ACD file that was generated.
In this tutorial, you learned how to:
In the next part of the series, we will see how to extend the Application Code Manager project by registering a Device Object Library in Application Code Manager and configuring IO modules.