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Harnessing Generative AI in control design puts knowledge and expertise at your fingertips.
FactoryTalk® Design Studio™ Copilot brings the power of Generative AI to the Logix experience. Go beyond new knowledge and change the way you create. Generative AI can significantly increase productivity by creating new designs, content and solutions. FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot uses Generative AI to process your natural language to help you create PLC code.

Why FactoryTalk Design Studio?

MODERNDevelopment functionality that enables you to build and deploy projects faster.

MULTI-USERCollaboration tools that support scalable teams and varying skillsets.

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MULTI-CONTROLLER
Support for all your devices with context across the entire system.

Safety system design is evolving, and it’s moving to the cloud.

FactoryTalk® Design Studio™ extends safety system design capabilities into a modern cloud environment which makes it easier to collaborate, standardize and scale safety projects across teams and locations. In this webinar, you’ll explore the foundations of cloud-based safety system design, including how FactoryTalk® Design Studio™ supports SIL-rated safety functions, role-based access and help secure project workflows all without requiring local software installation. Whether you’re new to cloud engineering or looking for a better way to manage safety system design, this session will help you take your first confident step.

Safety system design in the cloud with FactoryTalk Design Studio

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Safety system design in the cloud with FactoryTalk Design Studio

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FactoryTalk Design Studio now brings safety system design to the cloud, making it easier to implement SIL-rated safety functions in a secure environment.

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Duration: 60 Minutes

Language: English

Introduction to machine safety design in the cloud!

We’re excited to announce the 2.04 version update of FactoryTalk® Design Studio™ that delivers:

Machine safety design in the cloud: Build and validate SIL2/PLd and SIL3/PLe safety systems in the cloud using GuardLogix® 5380S controller, ControlLogix® 5580S controller, ControlLogix® 5590 controller and 1756/5069 safety I/O. With support for E-stops, guard doors, pull cord and light curtain safety functions. FactoryTalk® Design Studio™ version 2.04 unifies safety and standard control in one streamlined workflow.
More hardware, more applications: Expanded support for standard I/O, serial modules, ASCII and generic modules gives teams greater flexibility to build and scale systems for a wider range of applications.
Improved global performance: Multi‑region hosting in North America and Europe reduces latency, boosts responsiveness and keeps project data closer to local users.
Stronger governance and access control: Enhanced role‑based access including a new Safety Engineer role and customizable roles helps organizations tightly control permissions and safeguard critical design work.
IntelliCENTER® enhancements that make lifecycle maintenance easier and can help digital lineups stay synced with physical hardware.

Design and develop your control applications quickly and efficiently with these features:

Build and validate safety systems with confidence Create code to support essential safety functions Generate and troubleshoot code just by asking Use the integrated Generative AI Copilot to explain project elements Deploy your project from cloud to edge See online status of devices Manage and configure devices with ease Design your project with the ControlLogix 5590 controller

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Build safety and standard logic together in one streamlined workflow

FactoryTalk® Design Studio™ now supports the latest ControlLogix® 5590 controller and GuardLogix® safety controllers, along with compatible safety I/O, giving teams a modern foundation for developing and validating machine safety applications. Built‑in visibility and validation tools help reduce manual effort, minimize risk and support the creation of compliant, high‑performance safety architectures all within a unified, cloud‑essential environment.

Use newly added instructions to implement key safety functions

FactoryTalk® Design Studio™ now includes three new safety instructions that make it easier to implement critical machine safety functions. These instructions support pull cords, guard doors, light curtains and E-stops. This can help reduce manual coding and safety logic follow proven, compliant behavior.

Use the Generative AI copilot to aid with project development

Use natural language prompts to model systems, generate PLC code, and resolve errors quickly.

Code explanation at your fingertips

Ever inherited code that was developed by someone else? Or just need some insight as to what the code is doing because it’s not documented? If so, say goodbye to spending hours deciphering your automation projects. Select some rungs of code, a routine, a program, or even an entire project and ask the Copilot to break down the details for you.

Deploy your project then monitor the status online

Design your project in FactoryTalk Design Studio, then deploy to FactoryTalk Logix Echo to emulate your code or download directly to a ControlLogix or CompactLogix L8 controller, then monitor your code and devices online.

Remotely monitor all the devices in your MCC

Easily establish communication to an MCC lineup to see real-time status of devices including ready, running, warning, fault and comms loss.

Transform device management with the Generative AI Copilot

Copilot can now manage devices for you - adding, removing, configuring, assigning, and unassigning on your behalf. What used to take hours can now be done in minutes. Whether you're managing 10 devices or 1,000, this capability scales effortlessly, making it ideal for large plants and distributed systems.

Build your system with the most modern controller/firmware combo

FactoryTalk Design Studio also now supports Rockwell Automation’s most advanced controller—the ControlLogix 5590. Paired with firmware version 38, it delivers high-speed processing, expanded memory, integrated safety, enhanced diagnostics, and robust security. This powerful combination enables engineers to design smarter, safer, and more scalable systems—all within a modern design environment in the cloud.

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Coming Soon

One of the great things about Software-as-a-Service is as it’s continuing to grow and expand, new features and functionality automatically become available to the user. And it’s no different with FactoryTalk Design Studio. Our team is hard at work preparing for the next update with value-add deliverables that will make your team more efficient and speed your time to delivery.

Introduction of motion design in the cloud will deliver core capabilities for applications like jogging, moving and gearing across systems such as smart conveyors, presses, pick‑and‑place equipment and more. This initial release lays the foundation for a fully featured motion offering, with additional iterations expanding capability over time.

FactoryTalk® Design Studio™ + ControlLogix® 5590: A Modern Approach to Automation Design

FactoryTalk Design Studio™ is transforming how automation professionals create and deploy Logix applications. When paired with the high-performance ControlLogix® 5590 controller, this cloud-native design environment delivers a powerful foundation for building advanced automation systems.

The ControlLogix 5590 isn’t just the latest programmable controller—it’s purpose-built for speed, scalability, and connectivity. With expanded user memory and faster scan times, it’s ready for demanding applications that require exceptional throughput and responsiveness.

This game-changing partnership delivers tools to modernize operations today while preparing for future expansion. Together, FactoryTalk Design Studio and ControlLogix 5590 provide a future-ready solution that helps make systems faster, smarter, and more connected.

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Bringing IntelliCENTER® MCC integration to the cloud with FactoryTalk® Design Studio™

The integration of IntelliCENTER® MCC software into FactoryTalk® Design Studio™ creates a unified design environment that simplifies motor control center configuration and deployment. By combining MCC insights with cloud-native Logix application design, engineers gain a centralized platform for managing control logic and MCC data seamlessly. This powerful integration reduces complexity, accelerates project workflows, and enhances visibility—helping teams design smarter, deploy faster, and maintain operational excellence.

IntelliCENTER Motor Control Center Software

Industrial motor control center software lets you see inside your MCC buckets with real-time diagnostics. Increase uptime, productivity and safety.

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FactoryTalk Remote Access Solution

With the FactoryTalk® Remote Access™ solution, you don’t have to travel to manage machines. Discover a faster way to deliver support, from anywhere.

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A partnership that delivers secure cloud-to-edge communications

Connecting the digital and physical part of your operation is evolving as the lines between OT and IT continue to blur. So, if you’re designing your automation system in the cloud, how do you get your project out of the cloud and into your controller? And how do you do it securely? With FactoryTalk Design Studio, develop your automation system in the cloud, then securely deploy and monitor your project online with FactoryTalk Remote Access. Learn how this partnership plays a role in delivering safe and secure cloud-to-edge communication.

See what industry leaders are saying about FactoryTalk Design Studio

"We found time-saving advantage in managing geographically disparate concurrent engineering efforts."

Gary Hida - VP and Owner
"The code editor functionality of FactoryTalk Design Studio is one of the best and most promising features. We can develop faster in the code editor but clients who are more comfortable in the ladder editor still have that ability."

Jacob Kubale - Project Manager
"The browser-based design environment makes for quick migration and handling of customer files without managing multiple Virtual Machines. What used to take days to get engineers engaged and productive on projects can now be achieved in minutes."

Ryan Binkley - Technical Consultant
"Web based available anywhere in the world is something we are looking forward to using. It will allow new team member to begin developing quickly without doing all the heavy installs. Also being able to make a change in the code wherever an engineer is located."

Andy Croke - Food & Beverage Core Team Lead
"We are excited to leverage the multi-controller support to increase our velocity to market by allowing us to focus on generating project code in a single instance of a design environment. This should reduce the organizational challenges of managing multiple .ACD files over the course of a project lifecycle.”

Jacob Becker - System Solution Architect