Configuration software

Pilz has released version 6.0.0 of the PNOZmulti Configurator software package for use with the PNOZmulti modular safety controller. It is available in English and German, plus a new feature enables diagnostic messages for end users to be created offline in any language and imported into the Configurator.

A new algorithm in Version 6 improves the way connection lines are displayed in the workspace. Another change is to the way the hardware and assignment list is imported and exported; there is now an assistant that enables items to be imported individually from an assignment list and elements and connections can be exported as an xml file.

The search function can now be used with the Configurator in ‘online’ mode. Also, a search function has been implemented to enable hardware inputs and outputs to be found.

Auto-completion of text for location descriptions and diagnostic messages is now available. As the user starts typing, matching texts are displayed — from which the user can select one to re-use.

In applications using analog input modules, the tooltip now shows a continuously updated value for the analog input, rather than requiring the user to click on the tooltip again to update the displayed value.

Users can now decide whether or not prompts and warning messages are displayed when specific events occur. Users can also set the default values for the number of lines and columns on each page and can select whether, by default, PVIS expanded diagnostics are activated or deactivated for newly configured elements.