Automatic download from PC to controller

[MasterCAT 0]

Hello PLC friends! Is there any way to download a PLC program automatic via script? I have a *.acd- or *.l5k-File and want to download this file via script to the target PLC. Maybe there are possibilities to do that without the RSLogix 5000 program. I don't find any approach.

[dmargineau 6]

Most likely because there isn't one... .acd extension files are the only ones which could be downloaded to a CPU; .l5k are text/script files containing the application's database and are use exclusively for inter-software inport/export operations- they are not firmware related. Dowloading an application to a controller is a pretty critical operation which requires switching the CPU's operational state from Run/Remote Run Mode to Program Mode and this could be accomplished only via RSL5K Online software or the on-board mode key switch. I don't believe anyone will ever attempt to develop such a feature within an automation controller; the consequences of a "Download Script" glitch could be catastrophical. Edited 8 Jan 2013 by dmargineau