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PLCnext Technology Apps A PLCnext Technology App (in the following also called “app” for short) is a collection of functionalities bundled into one large file that can be understood and executed by the PLCnext Technology Runtime System. Each app may contain multiple different parts, that provide functionalities to the system in their own… Read More
Update Configurations The update process is shown in the following figure: To update an app you need only to install the app container which contains the new app version (without uninstalling the old app version). The update is detected automatically when: An app is… Read More
App container A PLCnext Technology App is stored in a SquashFS container (see Squash FS on Wikipedia). A SquashFS container stores a folder and file structure in a single compressed file. The SquashFS containers of all installed and started apps are mounted by the AppManager in the Linux file system… Read More
