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Automation Builder software download

Automation Builder is available in Basic, Standard and Premium editions meeting the needs of small
projects and managing the challenges of many and large projects for OEM and system integrators.

Start working immediately: After installation, on the first start-up of Automation Builder you can
choose from different licenses:
Free 30-day trial license – unlocking standard and premium features
Free Basic edition

Purchased standard or premium license

Licenses can be activated, removed and transferred anytime
Availability of network licenses for installation on a license server

Life cycle support: Starting with Automation Builder 2.6, side-by-side installation of individual
versions is allowed. For access to former versions, we recommend to install Automation Builder 2.5
and to include the required previous version profiles (Automation Builder 2.4 and earlier) into this
installation.

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Latest Automation Builder version (recommended): Automation Builder 2.6.0

Before starting with Automation Builder 2.6, please consider new installation options prior to
installation:

Side-by-side installation
Automation Builder 2.6 is the first version of Automation Builder that allows side-by-side installation.
During the installation process it is not possible to select previous versions to be embedded into
Automation Builder 2.6. If access to previous versions is required, we recommend to first install
Automation Builder 2.5 (including previous versions 2.4 and earlier) and to install Automation Builder
2.6 afterwards.

Hint: For technical reasons there are some shared components across the different Automation
Builder versions. Even despite the side-by-side installation of Automation Builder versions, these
components will continue to be shared. Examples of shared components are AC500 V2 libraries or
Codesys V2 engineering and gateway.

64-bit version
Automation Builder 2.6 is the first version that is also available as 64-bit version with a separate
installer. The 64-bit version is required for handling of large projects.

Hint: Side-by-side installation of Automation Builder 2.6 64-bit with Automation Builder 2.6 32-bit
is not possible. But Automation Builder 2.6 64-bit can be installed side-by-side with Automation
Builder 2.5 32-bit.

Hint: For technical reasons project migration from AC500 V2 to AC500 V3 is not available with the 64-
bit version. 

Automation Builder 2.6 (32-bit version) Download

Automation Builder 2.6 (64-bit version) Download

Automation Builder 2.6 Release Note

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Previous Automation Builder versions:

For accessing any previous Automation Builder version it is recommended to install Automation
Builder 2.5. During the installation it is possible to add older version profiles (Automation Builder 2.4
and earlier) to the installation scope.

Hint: If you install Automation Builder 2.5 after installing Automation Builder 2.6, it is recommended
to execute the installer of Automation Builder 2.6 to make sure that the latest version of all shared
components is available. The reason for this recommendation is that Automation Builder versions
prior to 2.6 have not been prepared for side-by-side installation.

Automation Builder 2.5 (32-bit version) Download

Automation Builder 2.5 Release Note

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Automation Builder 2.6 - Features and target hardware
 AUTOMATION BUILDER 2.6
FEATURES AND TARGET HARDWARE

Integrated engineering for PLCs, safety, motion, drives, SCADA and control panels

Integrated tool suite installation and maintenance (online and offline)

Project handling including project archive and backup features

Project lifecycle support (version profiles and project migration)

Native language support in EN, DE, ES, FR, CN

Support of standardization and re-use by flexible configurations of machine variants a

Support of re-use by cross project and cross Automation Builder instance copy&paste 

Productive ECAD roundtrip engineering - AC500 and EPLAN / Zuken E3

engineering
ECAD roundtrip engineering for 3rd party devices -
PLC and EPLAN / Zuken E3

Bulk data import/export with change control to any tool via CSV (also via copy&paste)

Bulk data import/export of device and I/O lists and IEC 60870-5-104

Change management support by project compare

Automation of engineering (execution of Python scripts)

Virtual system testing based on Virtual Commissioning Technology

Collaborative engineering support by Professional Version Control with Subversion

PLC PLC application programming (IL, LD, FBD, SFC, ST) plus CFC
engineering (AC500 V2)
PLC firmware update, download and online change to single or several PLCs

PLC simulation, diagnosis and debugging

Integrated firmware identification and update (PM and CM devices)

Configuration of communication protocols for TCP/IP, Modbus, CS31, IEC60870-5-104

Configuration of communication protocols for PROFINET, PROFIBUS DP, EtherCAT, CA

 Condition Monitoring CMS: configuration, libraries for CMS control and wave file hand

C/ C++ application programming (GNU compiler)

Advanced simulation support including virtual PLC

For: AC500-eCo V2, AC500 V2

PLC application programming (LD, FBD, SFC, ST) plus CFC

PLC firmware update, download and online change to single PLCs

PLC simulation, diagnosis and debugging

Integrated firmware identification and update (PM and CM devices)

Configuration of communication protocols for TCP/IP, Modbus TCP, Modbus RTU, CAN
PLC
engineering (AC500 V3)
Configuration of communication protocols for IEC 60870-5-104, IEC 61850, BACnet, K

Configuration of communication protocols for PROFINET, PROFIBUS DP, EtherCAT, CA

Configuration of motion axes and graphical CAM tables

Static code analysis

For: AC500-eCo V3, AC500 V3

Safety PLC application programming (LD, FBD, ST)

Fieldbus protocol engineering for PROFIsafe

Safety PLC
Safety Verification Tool 
engineering (integrated solutions)

Safety Code Analysis Tool

For: AC500-S safety CPU, safety I/Os and PROFIsafe devices

Integrated SCADA and PLC engineering with ABB zenon editor

 SCADA engineering
For: ABB zenon

Control Panel engineering CP600 and CP600-Pro panel configuration with PB610 Panel Builder 600

CP600-eCo panel configuration with PB610 Panel Builder 600

Integrated PLC tag data import

 Control panel simulation

For: CP600-eCo, CP600, CP600-Pro

Drive management, configuration and diagnosis with common process data editor
(Drive - PLC)
Drive
engineering Drive engineering in Drive composer pro

For: ACS180, ACS355, ACS380, ACS480, ACS530, ACS550, ACS560, ACS580, ACS850, A

Motion application engineering with Mint WorkBench

Motion
PLC tag data import
engineering

For: MicroFlex e150, Motiflex e180, Motiflex e190

Configuration and diagnosis of unbundled Modbus TCP CI

Modbus TCP (communication interface) devices
engineering
For: CI521-MODTCP, CI522-MODTCP

Solution Drive library (PS553-DRIVES, PS5605-Drives)

engineering
MQTT and JSON libraries

SNMP and SMTP libraries

Motion control library for AC500 V2 (PS552-MC-E), V3 (PS5611-MC) (1)

Solar library for AC500 V2 (PS562-SOLAR)

Water library for AC500 V2 (PS563-WATER)

Temperature control library for AC500 V2 (PS564-TEMPCTRL)

BACnet - ASC library for AC500 V2 (PS565-BACnet-ASC)

BACnet - BC protocol for AC500 V3 (PS5607-BACnet-BC incl. ASC) (1)

AC500 High Availability for AC500 V2 (HA-CS31 library)

AC500 High Availability HA-Modbus TCP library for AC500 V2/V3

(PS5601-HA-MTCP) (1)                     

KNX protocol for AC500 V3 (PS5604-KNX) (1)                       

IEC 61850 for AC500 V3 (PS5602-61850) (1)

 Data logger library for AC500 V3 (PS5609-LOG) (1)

FTP client library for AC500 V2 (PS554) (*)

Signal processing package for AC500 V2 (*)

Pumping library for AC500 V2 (PS571) (*) 

HVAC library for AC500 V2 (*)

Process control objects (PCO) library (*)

AC500 V2 PLC multidownload tool for large installations

Further features
OPC server tool, license manager, installation manager, PLC
gateway, IP configuration

Windows 11 (32/64 Bit) Professional/Enterprise,

Operating systems Windows 10 (32/64 Bit) Professional/Enterprise, 
Windows Server 2012 R2 64 Bit, Windows Server 2019

PC requirements Minimum: 1 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 5-18 GB free disk space

● included
○ optional (additional license required) as integrated tool / feature / library
◊ optional (additional license required) as standalone tool / feature - not integrated in Automation
Builder
(1) Additional runtime license per PLC required.
(*) Technology Preview: Technology Previews are non-final versions of our product and should not be
taken as a measure of the fit, finish, capability, and overall quality of the product.

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