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Rockwell Automation released Version 2 of its FactoryTalk Logix Echo emulation software platform, a solution designed to help virtualize control systems, which can help users save engineering efforts and 
financial expenditures at multiple stages of a project. The solution was also designed to help improve testing, giving users access to over 20 variations of the company's 5580 ControlLogix platform.
FactoryTalk Logix Echo helps to simplify the emulator experience by providing users the opportunity to download directly to FactoryTalk Logix Echo without modifications. The user interface (UI) paired with project downloads gives users the chance to learn how to best leverage the solution. Having the emulation of the 5580 ControlLogix Ethernet port means that to other software, FactoryTalk Logix Echo looks like another controller, which offers additional flexibility to expand emulation to visualization or other controllers.
Version 2 will also support safety controllers by introducing GuardLogix 5580 controller catalogs. Users can download to GuardLogix controller types and emulate the execution of both Standard and Safety tasks in their project. The inaugural version supported one 17 slot chassis, but this latest version now supports the creation and communication of multiple chassis with one FactoryTalk Logix Echo license. Users can create the configuration and arrangement of controllers/slots that they need without the limitations of the previous version, adding flexibility for multiple users to each access different controllers that can all operate in their respective positions.
Version 2, when also used with the company's Studio 5000 Logix Designer V35, includes the support of the Axis Test Mode feature, which provides and enables the physical axis to be placed into a test mode during evaluation, emulation, and testing. This provides users downloading a project into FactoryTalk Logix Echo with the ability to automatically place a motion axis into test mode, removing the need to make modifications.