netFIELD OS Version 2.6 (v2.6.0.0)

netFIELD OS Version 2.6 (v2.6.0.0)

Type

Release 

Date

2026-02-23

Summary

netFIELD OS 2.6 is featuring mainline Cockpit with Hilscher extensions and Hilscher UI/UX, on-premise cloud solution via kubernetes, updated onboarding plugin now supporting kubernetes. SBOM and FOSS files are provided. 

License

netFIELD OS is released under the HNSCL license.

netFIELD OS may include 3rd party software or software declared as Open Source.

The licensing information of all the included software components is included in textual form in netFIELD OS under the folder "/usr/share/common-licenses" and subfolders.

You can also find a full list of included software components and their licenses in the archive file of each device in the download section below.

 

Release Announcement

Please find attached the Product Announcement PDF, which provides a comprehensive overview of the new release, including key features, technical enhancements, and relevant ordering information.

 

 

Documentation

For installation, please refer to this FAQ entry.

For a description of netFIELD OS:

For your convenience, you can follow the links below to the specific documentation page section that matches your edge gateway model:

Model Name

netFIELD Compact

netFIELD Unity

netFIELD Unity Pro

sensorEDGE FIELD

netFIELD OnPremise

netFIELD Connect

 

 

netFIELD Compact X8M.png

 

 

netfield-unity.png

 

 

NFX86-D8-N128-022-20260219-131655.png

 

 

sensorEDGE FIELD.png

 

 

netFIELD OnPremise.png

 

 

netFIELD Connect

Documentation Link

netFIELD Unity (Revision 2 en)

netFIELD Unity Pro (NFX86-D8-N128-022)

 

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More documentation for Industry 4.0 / IIoT: Documentation Library — Industry 4.0 / IIoT

Downloads

Hardware Compatibility

Model Name

Update via device's Web UI

Recovery with factory reset via device's Web UI

Recovery/Upgrade with factory reset via USB memory stick

Licenses (SBOM)

Hardware Compatibility

Model Name

Update via device's Web UI

Recovery with factory reset via device's Web UI

Recovery/Upgrade with factory reset via USB memory stick

Licenses (SBOM)

netFIELD Compact

NFX8M-D2-N32-010

NFX8M-D4-N32-017

NFX8M-D2-N32-012

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_netfield-compact-x8m-rev1-hilscher-netfield-image-oem-netfield.update.swu

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_netfield-compact-x8m-rev1-hilscher-netfield-image-oem-netfield.recovery.swu

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_netfield-compact-x8m-rev1-hilscher-netfield-image-oem-netfield.recovery.zip

 

 

netFIELD Unity

NFX86-D8-N128-021

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_netfield-unity-netfield-image.update.swu

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_netfield-unity-netfield-image.recovery.swu

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_netfield-unity-netfield-image.recovery.zip

 

 

netFIELD UNITY Pro

NFX86-D8-N128-022

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_netfield-unity-netfield-image.update.swu

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_netfield-unity-netfield-image.recovery.swu

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_netfield-unity-netfield-image.recovery.zip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sensorEDGE FIELD 

NFS-M8-QeM-D2-N16/NFLD

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_netfield-iolink-edge-gw-rev2-hilscher-netfield-image-oem-netfield.update.swu

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_netfield-iolink-edge-gw-rev2-hilscher-netfield-image-oem-netfield.recovery.swu

edge-gw-rev2-hilscher-netfield-image-oem-netfield.recovery.zip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

netFIELD OnPremise

NIOT-E-TIJCX-GB-RE/NFLD

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_niot-e-tijcx-gb-netfield-image.update.swu

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_niot-e-tijcx-gb-netfield-image.recovery.swu

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_niot-e-tijcx-gb-netfield-image.recovery.zip

 

 

netFIELD Connect

NIOT-E-TPI51-EN-RE/NFLD

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_niot-e-tpi51-en-re-netfield-image.update.swu

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_niot-e-tpi51-en-re-netfield-image.recovery.swu

netFIELD-OS_2.6.0.0.release_niot-e-tpi51-en-re-netfield-image.recovery.zip

 

 

 

 

Software

Link

Software

Link

Virtual Disk Image for VMware

Please contact your sales representative

Virtual Disk Image for KVM

Please contact your sales representative

Update via local Device Manager

Please contact your sales representative.

 

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