ACE Codex - L5X documentation tool for Rockwell PLCs
If you need a documentation tool for .L5X files for Rockwell PLCs, ACE Codex Online is built for that job. Drop a Studio 5000 export and get Rockwell L5X documentation you can hand to a client - not a blank spreadsheet.
What you get from one .L5X
Hardware architecture and BOM with lifecycle colour, I/O spare from real tag wiring, ladder view with tag descriptions, a produced/consumed messaging map across loaded controllers, and a functional description from L5X (treat FD and Grafcet as a generated base).
Same tools as the plant edition of ACE Codex. Online is pay per file. Files stay in this browser - ACE Systems does not keep a plant-file copy on the server.
Studio 5000 L5X report pack
Export a merged handover pack: architecture, BOM, I/O utilisation, Rockwell CPU and messaging, plus PDF or Excel from the individual tools. Built for ControlLogix / CompactLogix exports from Studio 5000.
Schneider Unity / Control Expert (.ZEF / .XEF / .XBD) is supported on the same Online product when you have those files - Rockwell L5X is the primary path for this page.
How it differs from libraries and copilots
ACE Codex is engineering documentation software, not a .NET parser library, not a VS Code language server, and not an AI chat sitting next to Studio. You upload the L5X, pay for the file set, and run the documentation tools in the browser for 30 days.
Honest limit: Functional Descriptions and Grafcet are as accurate as ACE can generate from the export. Edit them so they truly match the code before client handover.
Note. ACE has worked to represent the PLC code as accurately as possible. Use generated Functional Descriptions and Grafcet as a base — you may need to edit them so they truly match the code.
Note. Controller exports stay in this browser (IndexedDB). ACE Systems does not keep a plant-file copy on the server.
Note. Do not say files are never uploaded. Quote and checkout still talk to the server for the session (file names and counts). The export itself is not retained as a plant archive.
Related
Formerly ACE Suite. Product of ACE Systems, Whakatane.