IP addresses at redundant controllers Available from 2022.0 LTS with RFC 4072R Understanding the structure of IP addresses In redundancy mode, the preset IP addresses are used as the system IP address of the respective Ethernet interface. The process-leading controller (= PRIMARY controller) can additionally be reached via the system IP… Read More
Administration On this page you make several settings on various tabs. Below you will find information about these tabs: Global tab Software update tab Users / Clients tab GDS tab Certificate tab • Published/reviewed: 2025-12-18 ☃ Revision 087 • … Read More
System redundancy error codes Available from 2022.0 LTS with RFC 4072R The most recent status or error message is indicated as a digit, visible in the PLCnext Engineer at the RDNCY_ERROR system variable. This is how to decode and handle the messages: Digit Status or error message Description Remedy 1 OwnRdncyTypeChanged… Read More
Administration – GDS tab On the GDS tab you make all settings around the GDS (Global Discovery Server). GDS support In the GDS support area you specify whether you want to use a GDS or not. You also specify whether you want to use the internal… Read More
Alarms in PLCnext Technology Use Case The wastewater basin in the sewage plant is about to overflow, a sluice blocks, or an important drive overheats? On all these events you must get an immediate and reliable message from your system control. Especially for this purpose we introduced the Alarms Dispatcher… Read More
User roles and rights in the Device and Update Management Note: When you start the Device and Update Management app, the user roles displayed in the table below are added to the UserManager of your EPC 15×2. When you delete the app, these user roles are not automatically deleted, but remain in the UserManager of the EPC 15×2. Read More
Real-time DataLogger – Tutorial videos Available from 2019.6 – some features came in with later firmware releases Note: Tutorial videos are embedded from the Phoenix Contact Technical Support YouTube channel. With playing an embedded YouTube video in this platform, you accept the YouTube Terms & Conditions. Even showing the video previews on this… Read More
Add server or client If you create a connection via + ADD SERVER OR CLIENT, then it is directly in the GDS and the specified devices are directly known to the GDS. To register an application, click the + ADD SERVER OR CLIENT button. The Add server or… Read More
Real-time DataLogger Available from firmware 2019.3 Use Case As soon as you record consumption values, need to prove energy feeds, or possibly have to log plant states, you need a reliable data acquisition. With the PLCnext Real-time DataLogger, you now have a convenient way to do all these use cases… Read More
Administration – Certificate tab On the CERTIFICATE tab you make all settings around the certificates. CA certificate If you use the internal GDS, the CA certificate is already pre-entered. The CA certificate is the root certificate from which the Device and Update Management derives further certificates. If you regenerate the… Read More
