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Online PLC Trainer for RSLogix 500-Style Ladder Logic

Learn ladder logic in a browser-based controller workspace, starting with a live conveyor demonstration you can operate before signing in.

Free · fixed conveyor demoPro · full Level 0–3 editor

Learning lab · simulator 01

See the logic, controller memory, and machine respond together.

Practice familiar PLC scan behavior, addresses, data files, branches, timers, counters, and output instructions. The animated I/O worlds are driven by the same controller memory your ladder program reads and writes, so changes in logic produce visible machine behavior.

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This Logix 500-style trainer is the first simulator in the learning lab. The learning area is designed to expand with additional simulator types over time.

Save and continue projects

Download .ACTPLC or compatible .RSL files to the online browser processor, then upload .ACTPLC back to your device to keep your progress.

PLC-style instruction behavior

Build with contacts, coils, branches, timers, counters, sequencers, data files, and status bits modeled around PLC scan semantics.

Logic-driven I/O worlds

Test controller projects against animated conveyors and other industrial training scenes with visible inputs and outputs.

Room to inspect the processor

Open the full-screen workspace to inspect ladder continuity, controller state, and the I/O world together without the simulator being clipped.

Guided practice and saved progress

Self-checked exercises, saved on this device. These checklists do not automatically grade the ladder program or certify competence. Complete the observable checks before marking a step.

Trace the free conveyor demonstration · Free
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Trace the stop condition, start contact and holding branch together. An animated running state must agree with controller memory.

Build and verify a stop/start circuit · Pro
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Place the healthy stop condition in series with both the start path and the holding path. Compare with the reference solution only after trying the exercise.

Prove a count using the inspection conveyor · Pro
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A one-shot turns a sustained condition into a single scan event. Compare the counter input transition with the accumulator, not only the animation.

The free demonstration has fixed reference logic. Adding, deleting, moving, renaming, forcing, importing, and exporting logic requires Pro Toolkit.

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Independent SLC-style learning model, not a hardware emulator. Verify reports unsupported instructions and legacy timer limits; validate real equipment logic in the manufacturer’s software.

FREE DEMONSTRATION · FIXED CONVEYOR START/STOP LOGICOnline in RUN mode · use the I/O world Start and Stop pushbuttons
RSLogix 500 Trainer - Conveyor_Stop_Start_Level_1_Solution.ACTPLC
LAD 2 · TRAINER
Driver: AB_DF1-1
PLC - OnlineNode: 1d
Scans000
Read-only reference logicInstruction toolbox and logic editing are available with Pro Toolkit.
LAD 2 · Main ProgramFREE DEMO
Free demonstration is online in RUN mode with fixed start/stop conveyor reference logic.Fixed logic · editing disabled Continuity Instruction true
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I:1/1]/[Stop_PB
I:1/0] [Start_PB
O:0/0] [Motor_Run
O:0/0( )Motor_Run
Free demonstration is online in RUN mode with fixed start/stop conveyor reference logic.ONLINE · RUNRung 0 of 0100%

Independent educational software. Automation Controls Toolbox is not affiliated with or endorsed by Rockwell Automation. RSLogix 500 is a trademark of Rockwell Automation.

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