PLCnext Engineer Simulation Available for firmware 2022.0 LTS and 2023.0 LTS with 2022.0 LTS or newer releases of PLCnext Engineer What the PLCnext Engineer Simulation does The PLCnext Engineer Simulation makes it more convenient to test and optimize your PLCnext Engineer applications, because developers no longer depend on a hardware target attached to their computer. PLCnext Engineer Simulation lets you execute many of the… Read More
Starting up the AXC F XT PB PROFIBUS master Available from 2022.0 LTS for AXC F 2152 The AXC F XT PB PROFIBUS master currently supports the PROFIBUS DP/V0 mode. Requirements The AXC F XT PB is installed and the supply voltage is connected (see AXC F XT PB datasheet). In PLCnext Engineer: A project has been created The IP settings have been configured A connection to the… Read More
Getting started with PLCnext Engineer Simulation Available from 2022.0 LTS with PLCnext Engineer With PLCnext Engineer Simulation, you can execute many of the functions, components, and models in your automation project without having a PLCnext Control at hand. There are some restrictions still, and further development is being done. Nevertheless, with this approach it is easier to… Read More
Starting up the AXC F XT ML 1000 module Available on AXC F 3152 with firmware 2022.0 LTS only Requirements The AXC F XT ML 1000 is installed and the supply voltage is connected (see AXC F XT ML 1000 data sheet). A firmware version 2022.0 LTS is installed on the AXC F 3152. Note: For controllers with firmware versions from 2022.6, use a container (e. g., docker) including… Read More
Starting up INTERBUS with physical addressing Available on AXC F 2152 and AXC F 3152 from firmware 2019.3, and PLCnext Engineer from 2019.3 Requirements The AXC F XT IB is installed and the supply voltage is connected (see AXC F XT IB data sheet). In PLCnext Engineer: A project has been created The IP settings have been configured A connection to the controller has been established Adding the AXC F XT IB to… Read More
SD cards In this topic you see the main features and compatibility of the available SD cards for PLCnext Control devices. These SD cards come with an underlying file system, which is necessary for proper operation in PLCnext Technology. Do not use other SD cards available on the market, nor reformat a Phoenix Contact… Read More
Starting up the AXC F XT IB INTERBUS master Available on AXC F 2152 and AXC F 3152 from firmware 2019.3 INTERBUS startup: ways of addressing For starting up INTERBUS with the AXC F XT IB, there are two ways of addressing: Logical addressing With this way of addressing, the INTERBUS modules are handled in the usual way in PLCnext Engineer: They can be inserted via the Device… Read More
Adding left-alignable AXC F XT modules You can connect one extension module to the left of the AXC F 2152 using the AXC BS L 2 bus base module, and two extensions to the left of the AXC F 3152 using the AXL F BS AXC 3X5X bus base module. In addition to the respective documentationfor each product, there are quick introductions available on how to integrate… Read More
Product range The information in this Info Center is about the PLCnext Runtime System, which is the firmware on PLCnext Control devices. In addition, use cases with related hardware and software are described if useful in the course of a documented feature. Each PLCnext Control comes with its own hardware documentation, which can be a… Read More
Firmware releases Release strategy Each year comes a long-term support (LTS) release which will be supplied with security enhancement and bug fixes (if necessary). Each quarter follows a feature release with additional capabilities. Those feature releases always contain the former features in full, so you… Read More
