Functional changes

Logix Designer version 37.00 has these changes in functionality since the last release.
Online help is posted on Rockwellautomation.com
Online help content for the Logix Designer application is now both installed on your computer and posted on Rockwellautomation.com, making it accessible in online searches. The online help content on Rockwellautomation.com will always contain the most up-to-date information.
TIP: If you create bookmarks to specific pages in the help on Rockwellautomation.com, you will need to update them when you upgrade to a new version of the Logix Designer application.
To set the Help page source in the Logix Designer application:
  1. On the main menu, select
    Tools > Options
    .
  2. For
    Help page source
    , select one of these options:
    • Always ask
      . When you first select
      Help
       in the Logix Designer application, a dialog asks whether to display locally installed help files or files on rockwellautomation.com. This is the default setting.
    • Local
      . Displays help files installed on the hard drive of the computer running the Logix Designer application.
    • Online
      . Displays the latest help content from rockwellautomation.com.
Enabling redundancy sets safety task priority to 1
Enabling redundancy affects the priority of the safety task:
  • When you create a GuardLogix® 5580 project with redundancy enabled, the Safety task is created with priority 1.
  • When you enable redundancy for a safety controller from the Controller properties dialog, the Safety task priority changes to 1.
  • When you morph a redundant Standard project to a 1756-L84ES Safety project, the Safety Task is created with priority 1.
No longer supporting the Emulate 5570 and other controllers with serial ports
This version of the Logix Designer application no longer supports controllers with serial ports:
  • The Emulate 5570 controller is no longer included as a controller option.
  • The ASCII Serial Port instructions are not supported and cannot be added to a routine.
  • The serial port is not included in the Controller Properties dialog.
UsingLegacyMnemonics
 attribute converts legacy mnemonics to standard
When creating an import file independent of Logix Designer, use the new
UsingLegacyMnemonics="true"
 attribute to convert legacy mnemonics to the standard mnemonics introduced in Logix Designer version 36. This attribute is most applicable in the following scenario:
  • You are importing to Logix Designer version 37 or later.
  • The import file is identified as version 36 or later.
  • The import file contains legacy mnemonics.
Import/Export
The Import/Export version number for this version of the Logix Designer application is 2.28. The table lists the Import/Export versions for previous releases.
Release Version
Import/Export Version
37.xx
2.28
36.xx
2.27
35.xx
2.26
34.xx
2.25
33.xx
2.24
32.xx
2.23
31.xx
2.22
30.xx
2.21
29.xx
2.20
28.xx
2.19
27.xx
2.18
26.xx
2.17
24.xx
2.15
23.xx
2.14
21.xx
2.12
20.xx
2.11
19.xx
2.10
18.xx
2.09
17.xx
2.08
16.xx
2.07
15.xx
2.06
14.xx
2.05
13.xx
2.04
12.xx
2.03
11.xx
2.02
10.xx
2.01
9.00
2.00
5.02
1.02
2.xx, 6.xx, 7.xx, 8.xx
1.01
1.21, 1.23
1.00
1.10, 1.11
0.04
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