Device Properties

For control hardware displayed in the Networks and Devices
tree, use Device Properties
to:

View network relative paths

Add a device to a new logical name

Change the logical name associated with the device

IMPORTANT:

Do not remove

RSLogix 5000

controllers from a logical name. Because

RSLogix 5000

controllers do not use network relative paths, removing the device from a logical name can cause unexpected results.

Setting	Description
Device path	Displays the network relative path of the device. This setting is read-only.
Logical name	Associates a device with a logical name. Select a logical name to view the area associated with the logical name. The area indicates the resource grouping to which the logical name belongs. Do either: To create a new logical name, select <New...> . In New Logical Name , enter a descriptive name and select OK . To associate the device with an existing logical name, or to change the logical name associated with the device, under Logical name select the logical name. To remove the logical name the device is associated with, select None . The security system automatically uses the security permissions associated with the device's network relative path.
Area associated with	If the selected logical name is a member of a hardware resource grouping, this setting displays the area from which the logical name inherits its security permissions. This setting is read-only.
Remove	To remove the logical name from the area, select Remove . This removes the logical name from the resource grouping.

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