Release Note

SLC™ 5/05 Processor Operating System Upgrade

Kit

(Catalog Number 1747-DU501)

Purpose of This Document

Read this document before using SLC 5/05 (OS501), Series C, FRN 9 operating
system firmware. Keep this document with your SLC 500 Instruction Set Reference
Manual (publication 1747-RM001).
This document describes the new features available with OS501, Series C, FRN 9
operating system.

New Features and Enhancements

OS501, Series C, FRN 9 operating system firmware includes new features for SLC
5/05 Series A and B hardware. The hardware series can be identified on the SLC
processor label, or by viewing S:61 in the Processor Status file (0=A, 1=B, 2=C).
Figure 1 SLC Processor Label

52XB04501C08

(21) XXXXXXXX XXXX XX

Hardware Series

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The following table provides a list of the new features.

For information regarding this feature: See page:

Enable/Disable HTTP (Web) Server 2
Enable/Disable Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) 3
Selectively Disabling Individual Data Files from Web View 3
More Secure Processor Ownership Behavior 4

IMPORTANT Only SLC 5/05 Series C processor hardware can support 100 Mbps
Ethernet and increased Ethernet connections. Updating processor
hardware Series A and B to OS501, Series C, FRN 9 does not
increase either the Ethernet port speed or the number of available
Ethernet connections on the processors.

Enable/Disable HTTP (Web) Server

Using RSLogix 500™ V6.30 and higher, you can disable the SLC 5/05 HTTP web
server functionality from within the Channel 1 Configuration by unchecking the
HTTP Server Enable check box shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2 Channel 1 System Configuration Defaults

SNMP Server Enable

HTTP Server Enable

The default (checked HTTP Server Enable box shown in Figure 2) allows you to
connect to the SLC 5/05 using a web browser. Although this parameter can be
downloaded to the processor as part of a program download or changed and

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applied while online with the processor, a processor power cycle is required in
order for the change to take affect.

Enable/Disable Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Using RSLogix 500 V6.30 and higher, you can disable the SLC 5/05 SNMP
functionality from within the Channel 1 Configuration by unchecking the SNMP
Server Enable check box shown in Figure 2.
The default (checked SNMP Server Enable box shown in Figure 2) allows you to
connect to the SLC 5/05 using an SNMP client. Although this parameter can be
downloaded to the processor as part of a program download or changed and
applied while online with the processor, a processor power cycle is required in
order for the change to take affect.

IMPORTANT Since SNMP is used as part of the ControlFlash firmware upgrade

process, the SNMP server must be enabled prior to beginning the
firmware upgrade.

Selectively Disabling Individual Data Files from Web View

Using RSLogix 500 V6.30 and higher, you can disable individual data files from
being viewed via any web browser by selecting the data file’s properties page and
checking the Web View Disable check box as shown in Figure 3. Any data file
property changes must be made offline and downloaded to the processor.
Figure 3 Web View Disable Check Box

Web View Disable

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Several RSLogix 500 online operations require obtaining the processor Edit
Resource/Processor Ownership in order to ensure that one programming terminal
has exclusive capability of performing any of these operations at a time. These
operations include downloading, online editing, and applying channel
configuration changes. An enhancement was made in FRN 9 to ensure this
ownership exclusivity via EtherNet/IP, even when multiple programming terminals
are routing through a single ControlLogix gateway. With FRN 9, if routing through a
ControlLogix gateway or connecting to the same Ethernet network as the SLC 5/05
using the RSLinx Ethernet/IP driver (AB_ETHIP-x), the RSLinx CIP Options need to
be configured for Messaging as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4 RSLinx CIP Options Configuration

In addition to reducing the number of RSLinx Messaging Connections per PLC to

one, it is also recommended that the Messaging Connection Retry Interval be
increased from the default of 1.25 seconds to 8 seconds as shown in Figure 4.
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