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Diagnostics If something goes not they way you want in your automation project, these methods will help to find and remedy the cause: Notifications Notifications of PLCnext Runtime Security Notifications of PLCnext Runtime Log files output.log PLCnextapp log Additional resources for… Read More
Global Data Space (GDS) The GDS enables communication relationships and data exchange between tasks and programs that were created in different programming languages. The GDS also ensures that inconsistencies as shown in the following example are prevented: While tasks are being processed and data is being exchanged… Read More
Managing components PLCnext Technology is based on components that are included via the IComponentInterface interface (see IComponent and IProgram). ACF – Application Component Framework The Application Component Framework (ACF) is a part of the System Manager and manages the function extensions. The ACF is a framework that enables… Read More
Global Data Space data types configuration Configuration with PLCnext Engineer You can configure the GDS by connecting IN and OUT ports of programs with the PLCnext Engineer software (see Importing libraries into PLCnext Engineer). In PLCnext Engineer, select the desired use as an IN or OUT port in the Data… Read More
System monitoring Available from firmware version 2025.0 The system monitoring is a library that consists of the components system watchdog and system monitor. The firmware component system monitor has been released with firmware version 2025.0 and extends the system watchdog with diagnostic options. It monitors system critical parameters like RAM… Read More
