Creating Routines

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Before You Begin

About this Lab

We will frequently want to organize our logic into multiple routines. We may do this for the
purpose of legibility, but we may also want to control if and when certain logic runs.
Furthermore, if we wish to program our logic in multiple languages, then we will require a
separate routine for each language that we wish to use. In this lab you will:
 Create routines
This lab takes approximately 10 minutes to complete.

Hardware
To complete this lab, you will require the following hardware:
 PC-based programming workstation with access to the RAcbi learning environment

Software
To complete this lab, you will require the following software:
 Studio 5000 Logix Designer® version 32

Files
To complete this lab, you will require the following files:
 Machine_1_Lab16.ACD

Setup
To complete this lab, you will need to perform the following setup procedure:
1. Log on to your instance of the RAcbi learning environment.

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Create Routines
We currently have logic for the control of a conveyor in the main routine of a program that will
control a packaging line. We know that we will require a similar routine for the second line
conveyor. Furthermore, we would like to include a routine that monitors and reports status.
Thus, we need to create several subroutines and a main routine from wherein we will call the
subroutines. In this section of the lab, you will create routines to meet these requirements.

1. If you have completed all labs up to this point in the Level 1: Logix - On Demand course,
then you may continue using your Machine_1.ACD file from previous labs:
a. Open the Studio 5000® environment.
b. Under Recent Projects, select your Machine_1 project:

1.b.

2. If you have NOT completed all labs up to this point in the Level 1: Logix - On Demand
course (e.g., you are just doing this individual lab as a refresher), then open the starting
file for this lab:

a. Use the shortcut on the desktop of your instance of the RAcbi learning
environment to open the LabFiles.
b. Open the Machine_1_Lab16.ACD file.

We currently have all of our Conveyor 1 control logic programmed into the main routine of the
program. So, let’s begin by renaming this routine to reflect its function, and then we can remove
it from the program’s main routine assignment.

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3. Within the MainProgram of the MainTask, right-click the MainRoutine and select
Properties:

4. Change the Name to ‘Conveyor_01’ and click the OK button:

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5. Right-click the MainProgram and select Properties:

6. Go to the Configuration tab, set the Main assignment to <none>, and click the OK
button:

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Now that we have changed our conveyor control routine into a subroutine, let’s create a
new program main routine.

7. Right-click the MainProgram, expand Add, and select New Routine… :

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8. Name the routine ‘Dispatch’ and then verify that is in the Ladder Diagram language, it is
scheduled within the MainProgram, and it has the Main Assignment before clicking the
OK button:

Let’s add another routine to contain our status logic.

9. Right-click on the MainProgram, expand Add, and select New Routine… :

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10. Name the routine ‘Status’ and then verify that is in the Ladder Diagram language and it
is scheduled within the MainProgram before clicking the OK button:

Since our conveyor control logic is now within a subroutine, and our new Status routine
is also a subroutine, we need to direct the processor to scan them from within the main
routine. Otherwise, they will not run.

11. Open the Dispatch routine.

12. Select rung 0, type ‘JSR’, and press Enter on your keyboard:

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13. In the dropdown for the Jump to Subroutine (JSR) instruction, select the Conveyor_01
routine:

14. Right-click rung 0, select Copy, and then right-click rung 0 again and select Paste:

15. In the dropdown for the JSR on rung 1, select the Status routine:

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Because these rungs are unconditional, the processor will scan the Conveyor_01 routine
and then the Status routine every time it comes around to scanning these rungs of code.
16. Close the Dispatch routine.

17. Click the Save icon to save your project.

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