Info Center change log

While the PLCnext Technology ecosystem evolves, we keep adding and elaborating this information platform. The following changes have been made to this information platform since it is available under the www.plcnext.help domain.

Note the reverse order - most recent changes are at the top! 

Revision Published Changes
085 2025-10-15 Related to the recent firmware releases: Other changes:
084 2025-09-12 Related to firmware release 2025.9: Other changes:
083 2025-08-22  Related to firmware release 2025.6: Other changes to the content:
  • Updated OCI container introduction
  • Embedded the tutorial video on preparing for C++ programming by means of Visual Studio®
082 2025-07-22 Related to firmware release 2025.0: Other changes and additions:
081 2025-07-04 Related to firmware release 2025.0:
080 2025-06-06 Related to firmware release 2025.0:
079 2025-05-28 Related to firmware release 2025.0:
078 2025-05-20 Related to firmware release 2025.0:
077 2025-02-17
076 2024-12-19
  • Updated Known issues topic regarding the Arp::System::Commons::Ipc::IpcSocket class
  • Technical improvements
075 2024-12-10
  • Added more details to Modbus TCP client
  • Added two Known Issues:
    • Recompilation needed for pre-2024.6 projects depending on the Arp::System::Commons::Ipc::IpcSocket class
    • Modbus communication error
  • Corrected security notification names:
    • Security.Arp.Plc.Domain.Project.Changed
    • Security.Arp.Plc.Domain.Project.Integrity.Error
    • Security.Arp.Plc.Domain.Project.Integrity.Success
    • Security.Arp.Plc.Domain.Project.Integrity.Warning
    • Security.Arp.Plc.Domain.Project.Loaded
  • Added descriptions to a new feature of the Device and Update Management (DaUM)
  • Minor improvements in several topics
074 2024-10-30
073 2024-09-24
072 2024-09-18 Related to upcoming firmware version 2025.0: Related to firmware release 2024.6: Other changes:
071 2024-08-08
070 2024-06-26
069 2024-06-05
068 2024-05-06
067 2024-04-30
066 2024-04-22 
  • Added a description for encrypting SD cards
  • Revised the minimum firmware version for use of LIC SD cards
  • Added instructions to working with encrypted SD cards
  • Updated the eCLR Programming Reference
  • Updated the PLCnext toolchain topics for its version 2024.0
  • Minor corrections and changes
065 2024-02-27 
064 2024-02-14
063 2023-12-21
  • Added a description to the PLCnext CLI template system
  • Further improvements
062 2023-11-28
061 2023-10-27
060 2023-10-10
059 2023-09-25
058 2023-08-25
057 2023-06-16
056 2023-06-05
055 2023-04-17
  • Updated descriptions of user roles in safety-related projects
054 2023-04-05
  • Updated the SD Card descriptions
  • Further improvements and error corrections
053 2023-02-20
052 2023-01-31
051 2023-01-20
050 2023-01-13
049 2022-12-21
048 2022-11-25
047 2022-10-19
046 2022-09-14
045 2022-08-22
044 2022-07-29
043 2022-07-18
042 2022-07-12
041 2022-06-09
  • Added the tutorial video to the PLCnext Engineer Simulation Getting Started
  • Further improvements
040 2022-05-19
039 2022-05-02
038 2022-04-12
037 2022-04-08
036 2022-04-05
  • Further improvements and corrections
035 2022-03-31
034 2022-03-18
  • Some improvements and corrections
033 2022-03-10
  • Added a newly found issue with the eHMI after updating to firmware release 2022.0 LTS
  • Further improvements and corrections
032 2022-03-07
031 2022-03-01
030 2022-02-14
029 2022-02-08
028 2021-12-22
027 2021-11-09
026 2021-10-11
025 2021-09-03
024 2021-08-17
023 2021-07-16
022 2021-07-01
  • Integrated the System variables chapter from the AXC F x152 User Manual for use with PLCnext Engineer
  • Fixed some minor issues
021 2021-06-25
020 2021-06-09
019 2021-04-19
  • Corrected some minor issues
018 2021-03-10
017 2021-02-12
  • Added a topic on creating and deploying shared libraries and how to use the PLCnext CLI template system to start programming them
  • Some minor corrections
016 2021-02-03
015 2021-01-25
    Added the E-Learning class PLCnext Technology Grundlagen (German language version of PLCnext Technology Basics)
  • Edited the C# programming section:
  • Merged the former Latest changes topic into this list
  • Applied a new design template
014 2021-01-14
  • Edited topics in the WBM branch and various other topics
013 2020-12-15
012 2020-12-02
  • Added new videos to the PLCnext Engineer tutorial videos for each language.
  • Edited some of the data type reference tables and changed their locations in the navigation.
011 2020-11-23
  • Added rev.08 of the AXC F x152 controller manual (and removed rev.07).
  • Added 3 more PLCnext Engineer tutorial videos for both languages
  • Corrected the Required installations topic: C++ with Eclipse® should be installed running Java v11 (not v9) due to detected error in some exotic cases.
010 2020-11-13
009 2020-11-11
008 2020-10-16
  • Added more tutorial video links to this platform (embedding from our YouTube Technical Support channel)
007 2020-10-14
006 2020-10-09
  • Added the Hardware documentation topic
  • Edited DataLogger topics (updates) and added explanations
  • Improved the Tool downloads overview
  • Simplified the C++ section in the left navigation panel
005 2020-10-02
  • Added a tutorial video for DataLogger configuration via PLCnext Engineer in both regarding video galleries
  • Added an overview topic on where to download PLCnext Technology tools
  • Added a short description on how to replace a project template in PLCnext Engineer
  • Corrected some minor issues
  • Edited all hyperlink styles for See Also and Related Topics sections, and for some topics
004 2020-09-18
003 2020-08-21
  • Added the Visual Studio C++ extension to the Latest Changes teaser topic
  • Corrected some minor issues
002 2020-08-18
001 2020-08-11
  • Corrected topic naming and links
000 2020-08-07
  • Published initially to the https://www.plcnext.help domain

 

 

• Published/reviewed: 2025-10-15  ☂  Revision 085 •