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Alex opened three windows side-by-side. Window 1: RSLogix 5000 with the modified routine. Window 2: The SoftLogix chassis monitor. Window 3: A continuous ping to the remote I/O rack's IP address (192.168.1.10). He also had a VNC connection to the server itself. The problem was a timing fault in a periodic task
The dialogue appeared: "WARNING: This operation will place the controller in Program mode and may cause a disruption to the process. Do you wish to continue?" Small change, enormous risk