ACE Codex topic guides
ACE Systems — industrial automation engineering software. ACE Codex analyses and documents Rockwell and Schneider PLC exports. These pages are HTML for search. They link to the app; they are not the /suite/ tool chrome. Formerly ACE Suite.
Product
- ACE Codex — analyse and document PLC exportsACE Codex (Online and On-prem) analyses Rockwell L5X and Schneider Control Expert exports. Architecture, BOM, ladder, functional description and Grafcet. Formerly ACE Suite. NZ$19/file GST inclusive.
- How licence tokens workPaste token, drop the same PLC, Redeem — second Chrome, Edge or laptop, no extra NZ$19. Allow cookies. Do not use Incognito. Size within 5%. Five Redeems. Not a company seat.
Engineering
- PLC functional description generatorTurn Studio 5000 L5X ladder or Schneider XBD into a readable functional description. Excel or PDF. Treat the generated FD as a base. ACE Codex Online, formerly ACE Suite.
- GRAFCET generator for PLC projectsGenerate Grafcet / GRAFCET sequence drawings from PLC logic in ACE Codex. Ladder to Grafcet for Rockwell L5X. Treat drawings as a generated base. Formerly ACE Suite.
- PLC architecture analysis and documentationDocument PLC processors, racks, remote I/O, firmware and messaging from an L5X or Schneider export. ACE Codex Asset Map, BOM, I/O, CPU and messaging. Formerly ACE Suite.
- L5X tag parserExplore tags, UDTs and AOIs from a Studio 5000 L5X. Filter, usage counts, CSV/Excel. ACE Codex Online, formerly ACE Suite.
- Ladder logic viewerRead Studio 5000 L5X ladder as diagrams: contacts, coils, branches, tag descriptions, print or PDF. ACE Codex, formerly ACE Suite.
- UDT and AOI reportPer-controller UDT and Add-On Instruction inventory from an L5X: usage, revisions, last-edited, S88 version compare. ACE Codex, formerly ACE Suite.
Rockwell
- Rockwell Automation — L5X documentation toolsACE Codex tools for Rockwell / Allen-Bradley: L5X parser, ladder viewer, functional description, UDT/AOI report, version compare, CPU report, messaging map. Formerly ACE Suite.
- Rockwell L5X parserParse Studio 5000 L5X tags, UDTs and AOIs. Filter and export. ACE Codex Online.
- Rockwell ladder logic viewerView ControlLogix / CompactLogix ladder from an L5X. Contacts, coils, branches, tag descriptions. ACE Codex.
- Rockwell functional description generatorConvert Studio 5000 L5X ladder into a Functional Description and Grafcet. Generated base — edit to match the code. ACE Codex.
- Rockwell UDT / AOI reportRockwell AOI and UDT inventory from L5X with usage, revisions and S88 compare. ACE Codex.
- L5X project comparisonCompare two Rockwell L5X versions: hardware, I/O moves, ladder/ST. ACE Codex.
- Rockwell CPU reportFleet CPU utilisation, memory and connections from the L_CPU AOI snapshot plus static task data. ACE Codex.
- Rockwell messaging mapMap controller-to-controller messaging: Produced/Consumed tags and MSG blocks across loaded L5X files. ACE Codex.
Schneider
- Schneider Electric — Control Expert documentation toolsACE Codex for Schneider: XBD, XHW, ZEF, XEF, Control Expert reader, Schneider FD Generator, device register. Formerly ACE Suite.
- Schneider Control Expert readerRead Schneider Control Expert / Unity projects from ZEF, XEF or XML: sections, variables, I/O and FBD. ACE Codex.
- Schneider XBD parserParse Schneider Control Expert .XBD FBD networks for Functional Descriptions. ACE Codex.
- Schneider ZEF viewerOpen a Schneider Unity / Control Expert .ZEF project in ACE Codex. Files stay in the browser. Formerly ACE Suite.
- Schneider XEF viewerRead a Schneider Control Expert .XEF export in ACE Codex. Device initial values prefer XEF/ZEF. Formerly ACE Suite.
- Schneider functional description generatorBuild Functional Descriptions from Control Expert XBD plus tag TXT. Generated base — edit to match the code. ACE Codex.
- Schneider device registerEquipment register from ZEF/XEF/XBD: valves, motors, instruments, I/O, totalisers, alarms with rack·slot·channel. ACE Codex.
Assets and reports
- PLC asset managementPLC asset map, hardware BOM and I/O spare from Rockwell L5X and Schneider XHW/Unity. Real wiring, not comment counts. ACE Codex, formerly ACE Suite.
- PLC project version compareDrop two L5X versions and see hardware add/remove/swap, I/O channel moves, ladder/ST differences and side-by-side asset maps. Unity compare not shipping yet. ACE Codex.
- PLC lifecycle managementLifecycle colour on BOM and Fleet Health from the lifecycle CSV — Active vs Discontinued catalogs. ACE Codex, formerly ACE Suite.
Reports
- Engineering reports and handover packOne-click handover pack: Hardware BOM, Asset Map, I/O utilisation, Rockwell CPU and Messaging, merged PDF per processor. ACE Codex, formerly ACE Suite.
Company
- About ACE SystemsACE Systems (Automation and Computer Engineering), Whakatane, Bay of Plenty. GST 015-545-178. Product: ACE Codex. Formerly ACE Suite.
- ACE Codex documentationACE Codex help: Studio 5000 L5X and Unity ZEF, architecture, BOM, I/O spare, ladder, functional description and Grafcet. ACE Systems, Whakatane. Formerly ACE Suite.
- Contact ACE SystemsACE Systems, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. GST 015-545-178. ACE Codex Online is https://online.acesystems.co.nz/