ThomasM195

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  1. Windows 7 and RSLinx working?

    XP Mode works perfectly for me EXCEPT that it does not handle my floppy drive properly. I own a legal copy of RSLogix 500 7.0 and my activation is still on a floppy disk. XP Mode accesses my normal disks just fine (an internal floppy drive on my new desktop -- installed just to test this; and a USB floppy drive tried on both this desktop and a notebook machine). In all tests, XP Mode destroys the Activation floppy disk. The disk is never usable again. I'm lucky that I was able to find an old DOS utility to make a copy of my activation diskette before attempting this in Windows 7 64-bit & XP Mode.
  2. rslogix500 evmove to floppy

    Because many small shops purchase a limited number of software licenses and the PLC technicians have to share them. With a floppy, the license can be transferred to one computer and the floppy from which the license was transferred can still be used in other machines. Also, many customers still require the PLC program to be provided on a floppy disk as well. That allows both the customer and the vendor to quickly and easily store any program updates without having to burn a new CD. For my shop, almost all of our customers require all programs drawings to be provided on a CD as well as the program to be provided on a floppy disk. Only a few will use USB flash drives. But I'm getting off-topic. My point is that there is still a demand for floppy disk storage. Everyone will be forced to change now, though, since Sony will end production of floppy disks this March. I have no problem with keeping up with the times... but, in the last five years, I've had more USB flash drives fail (ones that were shared, updated frequently, and stored near the PLC) than I've had floppies fail.