Series-level lifecycle status, discontinuation / last-order dates, and the OEM's recommended replacement or migration path for legacy Rockwell Automation (Allen-Bradley) families: PLC-5, SLC 500, MicroLogix, ControlLogix 5560, Bulletin 1305/1336/1395/1397 drives, PowerFlex legacy (4/40/70/700/700H/700S/DC), PanelView legacy terminals, and RSLogix 5.
Legacy Allen-Bradley equipment still runs a large installed base of plants and machines. Planning spares, repairs, and modernization around it depends on knowing which families Rockwell has discontinued, when, and what migration path Rockwell publishes — that is exactly the data in this reference.
Verification standard: official Rockwell Automation sources first (product, lifecycle, modernization and documentation pages, Rockwell publications and announcement letters). Discontinuation dates are reproduced exactly as published and left blank where Rockwell published none — no dates, part numbers, or successors are inferred. Records that rest on a distributor/secondary source because Rockwell's own pages do not publish the fact are tagged [distributor-sourced] and are lower-confidence. Status uses Rockwell's own lifecycle vocabulary: Active, Active Mature, End of Life, Discontinued.
| Product Family | Catalog/Series | Lifecycle Status | Discontinuation or last-order date | Recommended Replacement / Migration Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLC-5 programmable controllers | Bulletin 1785 (PLC-5 processors) | Discontinued | Remaining processors made End of Life by Rockwell letter dated May 18, 2015; per-model last-time-buy equals the model's Discontinued Date in that letter (example verified: 1785-L40C — June 2017) | ControlLogix (letter names "ControlLogix Processor" as replacement; Rockwell PLC-5 Migration page directs migration to the ControlLogix platform) |
| SLC 500 modular controllers | Bulletin 1747 (SLC 5/01–5/05) | Discontinued | March 31, 2024 for the remaining controllers incl. 1747-L553 SLC 5/05 [distributor-sourced — Joltek]; Rockwell's own page states some SLC 500 bulletin numbers are discontinued, incl. the SLC 5/01, 5/02 and 5/03 8K series | CompactLogix 5380 (Rockwell SLC 500 page); Rockwell technical documentation also names CompactLogix 5370 or 5380 |
| MicroLogix 1200 | Bulletin 1762 | Discontinued | — (none published) | Micro800 control platform |
| PowerFlex 700H drives | Bulletin 20C | Discontinued | June 30, 2016; Replacement Category: Engineering Replacement (Rockwell product detail page) | No direct successor published — see migration notes in the full file |
| RSLogix 5 programming software | RSLogix 5 (PLC-5 programming) | Discontinued | December 31, 2025 (final lifecycle phase; Rockwell blog published 2025-02-04) | ControlLogix platform programmed with Studio 5000 Logix Designer / FactoryTalk Design Studio |
Sample rows are copied verbatim from the paid dataset file, including its [distributor-sourced] tagging and blank dates where Rockwell published none.
Full file: all 36 series-level records (14 controllers, 16 drives, 5 HMI terminals, 1 software), each with migration conditions and source URLs, plus per-family migration notes and a coverage-gaps section listing families checked and deliberately excluded for lack of a verifiable record. Clean Markdown, compiled 2026-10-21.
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Facts compiled from public OEM lifecycle sources; not affiliated with or endorsed by Rockwell Automation. Trademarks belong to their owners. This is a migration-planning reference, not engineering sign-off — verify safety- and production-critical selections against Rockwell's Product Lifecycle Status search and the current migration guides before acting.