Alarms in C++ 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. AlarmType… Read More
OPC UA® servers & clients overview On the OPC UA® SERVERS & CLIENTS tab you create a connection to an OPC UA® server and scan this connection for assets. Or you register an OPC UA® application. On the DISCOVERY tab you see applications that were announced by a discovery server and require your… 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
Archive When an update is complete, you can review each step in the execution log and download a report of the update plan on the ARCHIVE tab. • Published/reviewed: 2025-02-17 ☃ Revision 077 • … 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
Add software update package On the SOFTWARE tab you can manage and update PLCnext Engineer projects on your PLCnext Control. To do this, open PLCnext Engineer and add the version information in your PLCnext Engineer project (see example screenshot below). Export the software package. Upload the exported *.zip file in the Device and Update… 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
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
Create update plans To create a new update plan, click the CREATE UPDATE PLAN button. A new window opens. Enter a name for the new update plan and click the CREATE UPDATE PLAN button. Overview 1 Name of the update plan you have just created… Read More
Administration – Global tab On the GLOBAL tab you make global settings for the Device and Update Management. In the Operator area of this tab, you fill in the data that will then be used in the certificate (for further information, see Administration – GDS tab). This data is used for… Read More
