Q

Which LFW - Loadable Firmware Variants - are offered for netX 90?

Does netX 90 Loadable Firmware feature a OPC-UA server and/or MQTT client?

A

Hilscher offers different types of firmware with different feature sets.

Firmware Type	LFW Variant	Features	supported DPM channels	external memory required SQI Fash, SDRAM	Flash Layout
Type 1	Legacy Fieldbus	Legacy Fieldbus PROFIBUS, ...	channel 0	not required	use case A, B
Type 2	Real Time Ethernet	Real-time Ethernet PROFINET, EthernetIP, EtherCAT, OpenModbus TCP, ... Basic Webserver for Firmwareupdate over network, Web Interface API	channel 0 channel 1	not required	use case A, B
Type 3	Real Time Ethernet + Webserver	Real-time Ethernet PROFINET, EthernetIP, EtherCAT, OpenModbus TCP, ... Extended Web Server Basic functionality plus webpage content delivery from flash filesystem	channel 0 channel 1	yes	use case C
Type 4	Real Time Ethernet + IIoT	Real-time Ethernet PROFINET, EthernetIP, EtherCAT, OpenModbus TCP, ... Extended Web Server Basic functionality plus webpage content delivery from flash filesystem IIoT MQTT/OPC UA OPC-UA server via netPROXY Interface, MQTT client via netPROXY Interface	channel 0 channel 1 channel 2	yes	use case C

LFW Software Structure

Flash Layout use cases

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