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Table of Contents Chapter 1 About Logix Designer About Logix Designer Compare Tool .............................................................................. 7 Project Compare dialog box ........................................................................................ 8 Compare Tool Start a project compare ......................................................................................... 9 Settings in the Project Compare dialog box .................................................. 12 Project Compare With Mask dialog box ............................................................... 12 Start a project compare with masks ................................................................ 13 Settings in the Project Compare With Mask dialog box ............................ 14 Masked string value and resulting operations ............................................... 15 Logix Definition Compare dialog box ................................................................... 16 Start a compare of Logix definitions ............................................................... 16 Settings in the Logix Definition Compare dialog box ................................ 17 Logix definition only differences ..................................................................... 17 Tracked Component Compare dialog box ........................................................... 18 Start a compare of tracked components only ................................................ 19 Settings in the Tracked Component Compare dialog box ........................ 19 Tracked components only differences ........................................................... 20 Compare master with instance components ........................................................ 21 Supported command-line compare operations .................................................... 22 Use command-line parameters to start a compare ....................................... 23 Use command-line parameters to save compare file .................................... 24 Use command-line parameters to save compare report .............................. 25 Use command-line parameters to open compare file .................................. 26 Use command-line parameters to start Compare Tool .............................. 27 Set Global Excludes with the Parser.config file .................................................... 27 Elements in the Parser.config file .................................................................... 28 Example of the Parser.config file ..................................................................... 30 Compare Tool menu bar .......................................................................................... 31 Compare Tool toolbar .............................................................................................. 35 Chapter 2 Logix Designer Compare Tool Logix Designer Compare Tool results window ........................................................... 37 About compare results ............................................................................................... 37 results window Supported compare types .......................................................................................... 38 Add-On Instructions differences .................................................................... 39 Alarm Manager differences............................................................................... 41 Configuration differences ................................................................................. 43 Datatypes differences ......................................................................................... 44 Equipment Sequence differences .................................................................... 45 Function Block Diagram differences .............................................................. 46 Ladder Logic differences ................................................................................... 46 Rockwell Automation Publication - LDCT-UM001C-EN-E - May 2020 3 Table of contents Logical Organizer differences ........................................................................... 48 Module differences ............................................................................................. 48 Parameter Connections differences ................................................................ 49 Program differences ........................................................................................... 50 Quick Watch differences .................................................................................. 51 Rung differences ................................................................................................. 52 Sequential Function Chart differences .......................................................... 53 Structured Text differences .............................................................................. 54 Tag differences .................................................................................................... 55 Task differences .................................................................................................. 56 License protected AIOs and routines comparison ...................................... 57 Supported Library compares .................................................................................... 58 Dependencies differences .................................................................................. 59 External References differences ....................................................................... 59 Functions differences ......................................................................................... 60 Instance Data differences .................................................................................. 61 Interfaces differences ......................................................................................... 63 Libraries differences ........................................................................................... 63 Library Object attribute differences of Logix Designer components ...... 65 Linked Libraries differences ............................................................................. 76 Parameters differences ....................................................................................... 77 Substitutions differences ................................................................................... 78 Chapter 3 Master-instance compare Master-instance compare results window ..................................................................... 81 results window Chapter 4 About Logix