Add a logical name to an area or application

Devices with identical logical names share security permissions across different control networks and across different computers, even if those devices are configured with different driver names or network paths. Add logical names before configuring security for

RSLogix 5000

controllers. For all other types of control hardware, choose whether to associate security settings with logical names or with network relative paths.

Add a logical name to an area or application when the permissions associated with the logical name are inherited from that area or application. For how to delete the logical name, see Delete a logical name from an area or application.

Prerequisites

Adding a logical name requires these permissions for the area or application:

To add a logical name to an area or application