NexaCode

SPS Code Standardization for Machines and Systems

With NexaCode, you standardize your PLC software on a clear, traceable, and maintainable basis. Recurring basic functions, naming conventions, software structures, and interfaces are built consistently, allowing projects to start faster, teams to collaborate more efficiently, and follow-up projects to be implemented significantly more easily.

Overview

Develop standardized PLC software faster, operate it more securely and scale it more easily

Standardization is the foundation for robust PLC software in modern machine and plant engineering projects. If recurring functions are structured differently in each project, this leads to unnecessary sources of error, increased coordination effort, and structures that are difficult to maintain in the long term. This is exactly where NexaCode comes in: The solution creates a consistent software basis upon which project-specific logic can be cleanly and efficiently built. This includes uniform module structures, clear naming conventions, reusable basic functions, and a comprehensible separation between standard functions and individual process logic. The result is PLC software that can not only be developed more quickly, but also managed significantly better during operation, with expansions, and in subsequent projects.

Core Functions

Central Building Blocks of PLC Code Standardization

Clarity

Uniform software structure and clear naming conventions

Building blocks, variables, interfaces, and modules follow a consistent logic. This makes it easier to navigate the project, reduces search efforts, and makes the software much quicker to understand, even for new team members.

Reusable

Reuse standardized basic functions

Recurring functions such as I/O processing, messages, manual operation, releases, interlocks, or diagnostics do not have to be recreated for each project. They are available in a standardized form and provide a robust standard basis.

Systematically

Clearly separate standard functions and process logic

Project-specific logic remains flexible, while the underlying software structure stays stable and reusable. This way, NexaCode prevents individual requirements from making the overall software unwieldy or difficult to maintain.

Independent

Working across manufacturers and as a team

Good standardization is not tailored to a single project or programmer. It creates comprehensible principles for Siemens, Rockwell/Allen-Bradley, or CODESYS and improves collaboration between internal teams, external service providers, and end customers.

Your Benefits

Why standardized PLC software pays off in projects

Uniformly standardized PLC code makes automation software more comprehensible, maintainable, and ultimately more scalable.

Understandable

Fewer errors through consistent structures

Standardized software modules, clear interfaces, and recurring patterns reduce typical programming errors and prevent unnecessary inconsistencies between projects or machine components.

Accessible

Faster onboarding and better handovers

If software is structured according to traceable rules, new employees, service technicians, or external partners can find their way around much more quickly. This means knowledge remains better within the company and is less strongly tied to individuals.

Handier

Long-term and improved maintainability

Structured PLC software allows for much more targeted adjustments during operation, optimizations, and later expansions. Changes become more predictable, risks decrease, and manageability increases over the entire lifecycle.

Continuous

More efficient follow-up projects and variants

Those who establish a standardized basis can implement similar machines, lines, or modules more quickly. This saves engineering effort, accelerates project planning, and improves the reuse of proven software components.

Basic suitability

Better foundation for code generation and scaling

Standardization creates the prerequisite for automatically generating software, expanding it modularly, and consistently developing it across multiple projects. This transforms individual programming into a scalable engineering approach.

Typical Applications

Typical Applications for PLC Code Standardization

Standardizing PLC software is particularly relevant for projects involving multiple similar machines, recurring function blocks, or different project stakeholders.

Examples:

Establishment of an enterprise-wide PLC standard for machinery and equipment
Standardizing existing software structures across multiple projects
Preparation of automated code generation based on defined templates
Implementation of series machines, variant machines or modular plant concepts
Improved collaboration between internal PLC teams and external service providers
Reducing errors, training efforts, and maintenance risks in established software landscapes

User

For whom standardization in NexaCode is particularly relevant

This module is particularly interesting for:

Machine and plant manufacturer
PLC Programmer
Technical Leads and Software Owners in Automation
Project Manager for Machinery and Plant Engineering Projects
Commissioning Engineers and Service Teams
Companies that want to standardize their PLC software across multiple projects, locations, or suppliers

Categorization in NexaCode

Standardization as the foundation for further NexaCode modules

Standardisation forms the methodical basis for the other NexaCode areas. Only when structures, interfaces, and basic functions are clearly defined can code generation unleash its full potential. The flexible implementation of process logic and subsequent scalability also directly benefit from this. Thus, one-off project software gradually transforms into a consistent engineering approach: with clear standards, improved reusability, and PLC software that can not only be created faster today but also remains manageable tomorrow.

Nächster Schritt

Utilizing NexaCode for PLC Code Standardization

Learn how to build more robust PLC software, develop it faster, and make it more maintainable in the long term by using clear standards, consistent structures, and reusable basic functions.