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I have just recieved rs logix500 and am intending on starting to use AB plcs for some of my projects, up until now i have exclusively used siemens or mitsubishi. I have successfully installed and activated rslogix, however i am confused as to how to set up the activation. Greetings, mitsibushiman, well, you could just leave the activation on the original Master Disk. What if the original Master Disk gets lost or damaged or something else along those lines? The officially recommended way is to move the activation from the original Master Disk to a second floppy disk. This new floppy is then usually called an “activation disk”. The basic idea is that you can now plug the new “activation disk” into whichever computer you want to use and the RSLogix software will go ahead and run.

Specifically, you do NOT have to actually MOVE the activation FROM one computer TO another computer each time you want to switch from one computer to another. Instead, the RSLogix software will recognize the activation file on the floppy “activation disk” and go ahead and run. So now you can carry the second floppy “activation disk” around in your pocket and use it to temporarily activate whichever computer you want to use at the moment.

It’s not quite as handy as having two separate activations (one on each computer) but it’s legal and it does work. AND another MAJOR advantage is that by using this method you can store the original Master Disk away in a desk drawer for safekeeping. Note: on some computer systems you MIGHT have to manually configure the RSLogix software to “look for” the floppy “activation disk”. Post again with questions if you’re having problems with that issue. Continuing on. A lot of people don’t know this next part of the story but sometimes it can save you a lot of time and problems. Once the activation has been moved from the original Master Disk onto a computer or onto a second “activation disk” floppy, there is STILL a copy of the activation file located on the original Master Disk.

That copy gets automatically coded as “used” when you perform the activation “move” operation. But even though it’s “used” it is still VERY important. No, you cannot use it to activate another computer by going through another “move activation” operation. But you CAN use the original “used” Master Disk as a type of emergency “activation disk”. Specifically, you can insert the “used” Master Disk in a computer’s floppy drive and the RSLogix software will go ahead and run. In other words, RSLogix will recognize the original Master Disk (even though its activation file is already marked as “used”) and go ahead and run. I know of at least one large plant which insists that all of their original Master Disks must be stored in the plant’s Security office.

The disks are kept sealed in a manila envelop and locked in a desk drawer. But they are NOT controlled by the computer geeks in the plant’s IT department. The reason is simple. The security guards are always present at the plant and can quickly retrieve the Master Disks in an “oops-the-PLC-programming-computer-just-died” emergency situation. The computer geeks are usually hard to contact at nights and on weekends when these emergency type situations usually occur. There is nothing in this post which is “secret” information. Specifically there is nothing here which will tell anyone how to cheat the system.

You can find all of this material officially published in Rockwell’s: RSLogix500 Getting Results Guide read all of Appendix A. And if you’re really interested in using the “activation disk” method I mentioned above, pay particular attention to the paragraph titled “Diskette Drive” on page 83. Best regards, Ron. One useful tip, and gives a very easy way to move activation is to use a USB stick drive. Problem with this method is that not all sticks will be suitable, I have found that only ones that appear in Windows XP in the drives section (not the removable media section) will work. To force Rockwell software to look at the USB drive for the activation add KEYDISK=FALSE CHECKDRIVES=H to the rocksoft.ini file found in the Windows folder, replace H with the drive letter of the USB stick.