By using embedded systems (and a PLC is in fact nothing else) it is a vital requirement to analyze the timing behavior of the application (programs and tasks). This is not only useful to enhance the general performance of an application, but absolutely necessary to find seldom and sporadic issues.
We decided to use for that purpose the powerful Linux open source package LTTng (Linux Trace Toolkit Next Generation - http://lttng.org) and to give the application engineers the full insight into the system.

This manual should introduce the general usage of LTTng for the AXC F 2152 with the stand alone tool Trace Compass (http://tracecompass.org)

With the product launch of the AXC F 2152 as the first PLCnext Control is now the PLCnext Technology toolchain in our download center available!

It contains the Software Development Kit (Linux 32/64Bit and Windows 64Bit), the Eclipse^® CDT Plug In with the PC Worx Engineer Library Builder.

Next to the toolchain are by now also the first examples, with the focus on real-time user programs, ready to download:

This little guide describes how a VPN tunnel can be created in an easy manner between a server and a client (AXC F 2152) via OpenVPN^® by using certificates.

Keep in mind that there are several ways of how to configure a VPN tunnel, this examples shows only one possible way of many.

PLCnext Control won third place in the Automation Award 2017. The first controller on the basis of the open control platform PLCnext Technology thus belongs to the top products in the “control technology & system solutions” category.

The Automation Award is presented annually, as part of the SPS IPC Drives trade fair in Nuremberg, by the Konradin Publishing Group. The nominated products are presented live during the fair and visitors can vote for their favorites. The award ceremony took place at the location of the publishing group in Leinfelden-Echterdingen on 7 December 2017.

3 days, 75 shows and countless visitors - a successful SPS IPC Drives 2017 is over.

Trade visitors from all fields of automation gathered information on the Phoenix Contact booth on PLCnext Control, the new generation of controllers on basis of the open control platform PLCnext Technology. Our augmented reality presentation in the PLCnext forum showed how the new platform combines reliability and flexibility by integrating open-source software and apps, cloud-based applications as well as different programming languages. In our workshop area numerous visitors took the chance to discuss concrete questions and individual use cases with our experts.

We are totally happy about the lively interest and the positive feedback we received in the last days. Once again we would like to thank the many visitors at our booth who consider automation from a new perspective.

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If you were not able to visit us at the SPS IPC Drives watch the video and get yourself an impression of PLCnext Technology.

This morning, the SPS IPC Drives 2017 opens its doors for experts from the world of automation. Of course we would appreciate meeting you on the special area for PLCnext Technology at our booth.

Converse with our experts and inform yourself about the open control technology, adaptive software and cloud-based systems. In our augmented reality presentation in the PLCnext forum you will learn about the advantages and applications the new generation of controllers - PLCnext Control - has to offer. In our workshop area you can work on prepared use cases or your individual problem definitions with our experts. Visit us and consider automation from a new perspective.

 Watch the video and discover our innovations at the SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg: Starting with PLCnext Technology, our new open platform.

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People have been working at a terrific rate on the big special area for PLCnext Technology at our booth in hall 9 for several days. As of tomorrow, we provide you with expert discussions, presentations and workshops on an area of more than 200 square meters.

We look forward to meeting you in hall 9, booth 310. Visit us and consider automation from a new perspective.

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Some of you might remember the start of the "Early Adopter Community" in May, 2017, which was designed to support interested parties during the Early Adopter Program for PLCnext Technology. Since then more than 100 automation companies all over the world have been accepted as Early Adopters and successfully managed the first steps with the new platform for limitless automation.

As the Early Adopter Program is expiring now it was the right time to restructure the community and its added values and to open it to the public. Any interested party is cordially invited to register and start a discovery tour through PLCnext Technology!

You will discover e.g. helpful insights, howtos, and tutorials about PLCnext Technology, PC Worx Engineer, and Proficloud (coming soon). Use and benefit from the possibility to get in contact and exchange ideas, experiences, and feedback with other community members and PLCnext Technology experts!

The first PLCnext Control - the AXC F 2152 - will now be launched at the SPS IPC Drives show in Nuremberg. Don´t miss out and take off into the future with limitless automation. Visit the Phoenix Contact booth in hall 9 from November 28 - 30, 2017, and enhance your automation thinking. For a first impression please visit the new PLCnext website.

We are looking forward to see you there!

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