PLC Troubleshooting Using Trends in Allen Bradley RSLogix/Studio 5000

It will happen to every PLC programmer sooner or later: a seemingly inexplicable sequence of events in the code that happens too fast to see. It is a bit like watching a skilled sleight-of-hand magician. You know something is happening, but you have no idea what that something is exactly.
For these kinds of situations - and many more - one of the best tools in your arsenal is the Trend feature. Different manufacturers have their own versions of this, but we will focus on the RSLogix 5000 programming environment in this tutorial.
We’ll start with a basic introduction to Trends, how to set one up, and then go through a real-life example of how a well-configured trend can be the key to troubleshooting.
⏱ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction to Trends
02:15 - Setting up a Trend in RSLogix 5000
03:10 - Modifying Trend Chart Properties in RSLogix 5000
07:05 - Setting up a Trend in RSLogix 5000 from the Organizer Window
08:42 - Trending Multiple Tags in RSLogix 5000
14:17 - Exploring and Understanding Trend Results
16:15 - Conclusion
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[@SolisPLC]

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[@edenlumbanraja5541]

This is powerful tools since not all hmi have trend to record process due too limitation of memory or any else reason. Someone my trainer tells me
This link to help me troubleshoot problem on plc package on my plant. Thanks for sharing anyway🙏

[@Kmreddsadad]

The most annoying thing if i want to add more tags to the trend i can't copy and paste it, but i need to find it from a list. Blows my mind why is not that easy

[@CaptainObvio]

Thanks for explaining. The tool doesn't seem to be as powerful as Mitsubishi's trace window but still helpful.

[@dhh488]

Great video, thanks for taking the time to put this out there.

[@claytonlemieux4090]

Yes I used trend on two conveyors on a line the timing off was wrong in one in one conveyor turning around the part not every time but on a few a day

[@andrewgalias8668]

Great video. Next I would show graph isolation so they aren't running into each other 👍

[@bertrandlapointe6479]

Hi Phil,, good job with trending with clx.
If I may I would like to suggest to change the first pen color from blue to yellow
Easier for students to see during a lecture

[@SolisPLC]

Hey Bertrand, great suggestion! Thank you:)