Proficloud – Using Device Management Service Available from 2020.6 with AXC F 2152, from 2021.0 LTS with most PLCnext Control devices (details see below) In this topic, you read which information you can find for your devices to the Proficloud, how to interpret the health status and logs, and how to perform a remote firmware update via the Proficloud. Note: From firmware release 2025.0 and newer, updating… Read More
Functions and applications – Overview Functions and applications are built-in benefits for programmers that come with the PLCnext Runtime System. Depending on the firmware release on your PLCnext Control, the set of features can be different. Here you will find a description to every function or application: Notifications Alarms Real-time… Read More
Real-time DataLogger – Examples Available from firmware 2019.3 Since the DataLogger is a versatile tool for a wide array of use cases, there is an overwhelming number of parameters and options to configure a session for best results. In this topic, you will find the settings for a bunch of typical use… Read More
Introduction to Applicative System Redundancy (ASR) Available with AXC F 2152 and AXC F 3152 The Applicative System Redundancy (ASR) is carried out by providing two redundant PLCs (First and Second) in the same network together with the responding I/O stations. The communication between the PLCs and the I/O stations is based on the PROFINET… Read More
Real-time DataLogger configuration Available from firmware 2019.3 There are different ways available to set up and configure a DataLogger session: from firmware 2019.3: configuration based on an XML file from firmware 2020.6, additionally: via PLCnext Engineer via RSC IDataLoggerService2 (reading values, handling a session) Let’s see which way… Read More
Alarms via OPC UA Server Introduction Essential alarm status features Every alarm is oriented towards the OPC UA Alarms & Conditions specification and has these properties: Property Meaning or purpose Restrictions AlarmId The unique name of the alarm on the device. AlarmType… Read More
Security notifications registered by the PLCnext Runtime System Available from 2022.0 LTS The following tables show the security-related notifications that are predefined in the PLCnext Runtime System and will be issued by the PLCnext Runtime System. Note: For non-security-related notifications, see Notifications by PLCnext Runtime. Compatibility Due to breaking changes… Read More
Alarm function blocks in IEC 61131-3 programming Introduction Essential alarm status features Every alarm is oriented towards the OPC UA Alarms & Conditions specification and has these properties: Property Meaning or purpose Restrictions AlarmId The unique name of the alarm on the device. … Read More
Notification Logger Use Case The Notification Logger enables saving of notifications in a database so the they can be used for analyzing firmware and applications. Saved notifications can be queried via RSC interfaces. The Logger Archives offer functions for acquiring and filtering of incoming notifications as well… Read More
PLCnext Store resources The PLCnext Store provides software applications (“apps”) with which you can directly and easily expand the functions of a PLCnext controller. As a developer of software solutions, you can also create your own apps and distribute them in the PLCnext Store. About 300 highly elaborated pieces of code… Read More
