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Restoring a PLC backup in RSLogix5000 for Allen Bradley PLC

The PLC backup downloaded using the following process :

1.Browse to the PLC project file that needs to be downloaded

2. Open the file in RSLogix 5000


3. Select Download from the controller options dropdown

4. The Download window appears

5. Verify that the correct controller has been selected, by ensuring that the name, type, path, and serial number is correct

6. As a last check, make sure again that everyone involved is notified and that everything is safe

7. Click on the download button in the Download window

8. The ‘Downloading’ window appears, scrolling through all the different tags, programs, and routines being downloaded

9. After the download has successfully completed, the following popup appears

10. The controller was changed to program mode prior to the download and is still in program mode

11. Click on ‘Yes’, to change the controller to ‘Remote Run’

12. Save the project, go offline, and close the application