Features
Below is an overview with the features in the Device and Update Management versions and the matching PLCnext Technology device firmware versions.
PLCnext Technology device firmware versions
You can use the following DaUM features if the devices to be updated have at least the specified firmware version.
| DaUM feature | PLCnext Technology device firmware version[1] | |||||||||
| 2023.0 LTS | 2023.3 | 2023.6 | 2023.9 | 2024.0 LTS | 2024.6 | 2025.0 | 2025.6 | 2026.0 | 2026.6 | |
| Firmware update | ✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices [2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
| PLCnext Engineer project update/rollout | ✓ Only AXC F 3152 [2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
✓ All PLCnext devices[2] |
|
| Use of OPC UA® GDS | ✓ All PLCnext devices |
✓ All PLCnext devices |
✓ All PLCnext devices |
✓ All PLCnext devices |
✓ All PLCnext devices |
✓ All PLCnext devices |
✓ All PLCnext devices |
✓ All PLCnext devices |
✓ All PLCnext devices |
✓ All PLCnext devices |
| Backup and restore | ✓ With app |
✓ With app |
✓ Without app |
✓ Without app |
✓ Without app |
✓ Without app |
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- If available for your device. Check whether the firmware version is available for the corresponding device.
- Not for safety applications
Device and Update Management versions
Here you can see which DaUM features are available to you with which DaUM versions.
| Device and Update Management feature |
Device and Update Management version | |||||||||||
| Windows® service | 2023.3 | 2023.9 | 2024.0 | 2024.3 | 2024.6 | 2024.9 | 2025.0 | 2025.3 | 2025.3.1 | 2025.6 | 2026.0 | 2026.6 |
| PLCnext Technology App | 23.3.0.11767 | 23.9.0.13067 | 24.0.0.14038 | 24.3.0.15373 | 24.6.0.15914 | 24.9.0.16780 | 25.0.0.283 | 25.3.0.2282 | - | - | - | - |
| Docker® | 25.3.0 | 25.3.1 | 25.6 | 2026.0.0 | 2026.6.0 | |||||||
| Firmware update | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PLCnext Engineer project update/rollout | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use of OPC UA® GDS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Available as PLCnext Technology App | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Available as Windows® service | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| REST API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Handling of CRLs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Notification bell | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| German language support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Parallel execution of updates | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Backup and restore 1.0 | ✓ | |||||||||||
| Backup and restore 1.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Available as Docker® container | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Export asset list as CSV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Second DaUM as repository | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Backup and restore for PLCnext Technology firmware 2025.0 or newer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Encrypted database | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
| OpenTelemetry supported | ✓ | |||||||||||
| Import of devices using XML files | ✓ | |||||||||||
• Published/reviewed: 2026-09-28 ✺ Revision 102 •