Software PNOZmulti Configurator – What’s New in Version 11.5
June 23, 2025
All PNOZmulti 2 base units Safe and Secure – From Version 11.5 of the software tool PNOZmulti Configurator! Security functions such as user administration and access management have been installed on the PNOZmulti 2 base units to protect devices from unauthorized access. Another innovation: with just a few clicks, it is a simple, straightforward process to swap devices when switching from an EtherCAT field’s module to the safety-related Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE) module.
Software tool PNOZmulti Configurator
The original safety circuit configuration tool for the small controllers PNOZmulti
Your safety circuit is easy to create on the PC using the PNOZmulti Configurator. The configuration tool provides support with the project design, configuration, documentation and commissioning of the small controllers from Pilz.
On the graphics-based, Windows®-compliant user interface, all elements for your safety circuit are available as icons or in selection menus. Online help with documentation is available during configuration of the safety circuit. Once this is complete, the tool checks the circuit for error sources.
From Software Version 10.9 of the PNOZmulti Configurator you can test your configured user program using the “Simulation” function, even before commissioning.
The fully configured safety circuit can be certified to protect it from unwanted changes. You can edit, amend or expand uncertified configurations of your safety circuit at any time. Simply call them up in the PNOZmulti Configurator! The configuration can be printed out and used as documentation.
All PNOZmulti 2 base units Safe and Secure – From Version 11.5 of the software tool PNOZmulti Configurator
Application of the Machinery Regulation 2023/1230 (MR) is mandatory from 20 January 2027. One requirement of the MR states that Industrial Security is a mandatory element for the safety of machinery. To meet this requirement, security functions such as user administration and access management have been installed on the PNOZmulti 2 base units to protect the devices from unauthorised access. To access a base unit or perform changes via the PNOZmulti Configurator, a user must authenticate themself with their access data.
A higher-level password policy has also been defined, which applies to the assignment of passwords when PNOZmulti projects are created. A limited number of login attempts to access a project ensures that the user account is locked for a certain period of time if consecutive login attempts fail. This protects the device and prevents manipulation. All PNOZmulti 2 base units already meet the requirements of the Cyber Resilience Act and MR.
Another innovation in the software tool concerns the safe fieldbus module PNOZ m EF EtherCAT FSoE:
If you wish to switch from the standard EtherCAT fieldbus module PNOZ m ES EtherCAT to the safe FSoE fieldbus module, the configuration you created is transferred via a migration function when you swap the device. So the conversion is user-friendly and effortless, with just a few clicks in the software tool. Using FSoE means that safe plant structures can be implemented with a “one-cable solution” at fieldbus level. As a result, machines are highly available, reliable and safe.
Your application advantages:
- Small controllers PNOZmulti 2 are safe and secure: they already meet the requirements of the Cyber Resilience Act and Machinery Regulation.
- Software tool can be used free of licensing costs.
Download now! Free of licensing costs – Version 11.5 PNOZmulti Configurator
Software tool PNOZmulti Configurator – Full Version 11 available free of licence costs!
From Version 11 there is a significant change in terms of licensing: you can now use the “basic” functionality of the software tool PNOZmulti Configurator without any licence costs. The software can be downloaded free of charge and used in automation projects. A licence fee is still payable for “Advanced” software elements.
Major innovation in Version 11
- New, higher performance software architecture
- Supports Windows 64-bit system
- Streamlining of the product range: all 2nd generation base units such as PNOZ m B0, PNOZ m B1, PNOZ m B1 Burner as well as the new base unit PNOZ m B0.1
- All PNOZmulti 2 expansion modules
Version 11 is used to create new PNOZmulti 2 projects and to open and edit existing PNOZmulti 2 projects. Powerflow, diagnostics, error stack etc. are available as usual for commissioning and maintenance.
Further information:
Flyer for safe small controllers PNOZmulti Configurator Version 11
Software tool Version 10.14, long-term-supported version
- Contains hardware from the product ranges PNOZmulti Classic and PNOZmulti Mini
- This version can be used to migrate PNOZmulti Classic or Mini* projects to PNOZmulti 2
- PNOZmulti Classic/Mini projects, open, edit projects
- Existing licence keys can be used
The product ranges PNOZmulti Classic and PNOZmulti Mini were discontinued as of 31.12.2024.
More information about the discontinuation
Benefits at a glance
- Software with pre-assembled, certified blocks
- Easy, retrospective modifications and adjustments to the configuration
- Simple, comprehensive diagnostics mean short machine downtimes and high plant availability
- Worldwide safety standard for various automation environments and different communication systems
- Rapid commissioning and minimal wiring work – See for yourself!
Features at a glance
Configure rather than wire the safety circuit
- Operation is intuitive: creating your safety circuit is refreshingly easy
- Freely configurable: parameters for all inputs and outputs are conveniently set with a few clicks in the software tool
- Use logic operators to link these to form a safety circuit using drag-and-drop
- You select all function, logic and output elements on the workspace
Automatic error check, protection against changes
- Safe: the software tool checks the created safety circuit for error sources
- Protected: you can certify the completed configuration, thereby protecting it from unwanted changes
- Flexible: you can edit, amend or expand uncertified circuit diagrams at any time
- Simple: for documentation just print out the circuit diagram configuration
Pilz’s product range: Software tool PNOZmulti Configurator
PNOZmulti Configurator licences
Purchase a licence key to benefit from the whole scope of the PNOZmulti Configurator: Various alternatives are available, from a basic licence to a project upgrade license, based on your requirements.
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