The easiest way to check to see if you're connect is to ping it, which you can learn how to do in this article. Step 1) Ethernet Connectivity First, insure you have Ethernet connectivity between your PC and SLC-5/05.
And for images of the SLC-5/05 communications ports see this article. If you'd prefer to setup communications using Serial RS232 DF1, see this article. Prerequisites: Before you begin, be sure you have RSLogix 500 and RSLinx Classic installed. You'll also want to be sure you have the correct Ethernet address of the SLC-5/05 you're going to download to. So you need to know how to setup RSLinx Classic to communicate to an Allen-Bradley SLC-5/05 using Ethernet in order to download (or go online) using RSLogix 500? Well you're in luck as in today's article I'll walk you step-by-step through how you setup RSLinx Ethernet communications, as well as how to download and/or go online using RSLogix 500:
