Firmware releases
Release strategy
- Each year comes a long-term support (LTS) release which will be supplied with security enhancement and bug fixes (if necessary).
- Each quarter follows a feature release with additional capabilities.
- Those feature releases always contain the former features in full, so you can adapt your projects to new releases easily.
- Newer features will be included in the following LTS release.
This gives you the opportunity to develop your application or app always with the latest features.
Note: For applications, Phoenix Contact recommends to depend on LTS releases only, especially for applications related to certain approvals which always are examined for LTS releases only. For details, see the according Applications facet on PLCnext Control product pages.
Firmware releases on devices
Note: In the following table feature releases up to 2023.9 are left out intentionally. They are still available in the Firmware section of the product page on phoenixcontact.com. For easy access to the product page, use the links at the item no. in the table below. Those links lead you to that section for each product.
| PLCnext Control | 2019.0 LTS |
2020.0 LTS |
2021.0 LTS |
2022.0 LTS |
2023.0 LTS |
2024.0 LTS |
2024.6 | 2025.0 | 2025.6 | 2025.9 | 2026.0 LTS |
| AXC F 1152 (item no. 1151412) |
no product | ✔ (2020.0.1 LTS) |
✔ (2021.0.5 LTS) |
✔ (2022.0.8 LTS) |
✔ (2023.0.7 LTS) |
✔ (2024.0.17 LTS) |
✔ (2024.6.1) |
✔ (2025.0.3) |
✔ (2025.6.0) |
– | ✔ (2026.0.2 LTS) |
| AXC F 1252 (item no. 1646469) |
no product | no product | no product | no product | no product | no product | no product | no product | ✔ (2025.6.1) |
– | ✔ (2026.0.1 LTS) |
| AXC F 2152 (item no. 2404267) |
✔ (2019.0.4 LTS) |
✔ (2020.0.1 LTS) |
✔ (2021.0.5 LTS) |
✔ (2022.0.10 LTS) |
✔ (2023.0.7 LTS) |
✔ (2024.0.17 LTS) |
✔ (2024.6.1) |
✔ (2025.0.3) |
✔ (2025.6.0) |
– | ✔ (2026.0.2 LTS) |
| AXC F 3152 (item no. 1069208) |
no product | no product | ✔ (2021.0.5 LTS) |
✔ (2022.0.8 LTS) |
✔ (2023.0.7 LTS) |
✔ (2024.0.17 LTS) |
✔ (2024.6.1) |
✔ (2025.0.3) |
✔ (2025.6.0) |
– | ✔ (2026.0.1 LTS) |
| RFC 4072S (item no. 1051328) |
✔ (2019.0.0 LTS) |
✔ (2020.0.0 LTS) |
✔ (2021.0.6 LTS) |
✔ (2022.0.8 LTS) |
✔ (2023.0.7 LTS) |
✔ (2024.0.17 LTS) |
– | ✔ (2025.0.3) |
– | – | ✔ (2026.0.1 LTS) |
| RFC 4072R (item no. 1136419) |
no product | no product | no product | ✔ (2022.0.6 LTS) |
✔ (2023.0.7 LTS) |
✔ (2024.0.17 LTS) |
– | – | ✔ (2025.6.0) |
✔ (2025.9.2) |
✔ (2026.0.1 LTS) |
| BPC 9102S (item no. 1246285) |
no product | no product | no product | ✔ (2022.0.8 LTS) |
✔ (2023.0.7 LTS) |
✔ (2024.0.17 LTS) |
– | ✔ (2025.0.3) |
✔ (2025.6.0) |
✔ (2025.9.3) |
✔ (2026.0.1 LTS) |
| BPC 9202S (item no. 1839159) |
no product | no product | no product | no product | no product | no product | no product | no product | ✔ (2025.6.0) |
✔ (2025.9.4) |
✔ (2026.0.1 LTS) |
| EPC 1502 (item no. 1185416) |
no product | no product | ✔ (2021.0.7 LTS) |
✔ (2022.0.7 LTS) |
✔ (2023.0.6 LTS) |
✔ (2024.0.9 LTS) |
– | – | – | – | – |
| EPC 1522 (item no. 1185423) |
no product | no product | ✔ (2021.0.7 LTS) |
✔ (2022.0.7 LTS) |
✔ (2023.0.6 LTS) |
✔ (2024.0.9 LTS) |
– | – | – | – | – |
| Virtual PLCnext Control 1000 | 2000 | 3000 and VL3 UPC 2440 EDGE (item nos. see Product range) |
no product |
no product | no product | no product |
no product | no product | no product | ✔ (2025.0.0) |
✔ (2025.6.0) |
– | coming soon |
Firmware updates
You can always download all available firmware releases for your Phoenix Contact device – free of charge and even without creating a user account.
For easy access to the product page you can use the links at the item no. in the table below. Those links lead you to the Firmware facet of the Downloads section of your device's product page in the Phoenix Contact e-shop.
- Download the PDF document from the product page for your device:
- In the above table click the respective link at the item no. of your device type.
- In the product page that opens in a new browser tab, unfold the Downloads section, then the Application note facet, and look for "CHANGE NOTES" in the description column.
Tip: You can also find that CHANGE NOTES document in the downloaded firmware .zip package.
On how to update the firmware, see Operating system: Firmware Update.