After edits have been made to a Studio 5000 PLC program, what must be done before attempting to download the changes to a PLC?

Before downloading changes to a PLC after making edits in a Studio 5000 program, it is essential to verify the project. This verification process ensures that the changes made to the program do not contain any errors that could result in unexpected behavior or malfunctions when the program runs on the PLC. The verification step checks for syntax errors, references, and any potential conflicts in the logic that could lead to operational issues.

Although saving the project, running diagnostics, or backing up the project are important practices in program management, they do not directly address the need to confirm that the program is free from errors. Saving the project simply preserves your edits, running diagnostics may help identify existing issues unrelated to the current edits, and backing up protects against data loss but does not validate the correctness of the program. Therefore, ensuring the project is verified is a crucial step before proceeding with downloading changes to the PLC.