Virtual safety control now with FSoE certification
Kempten/Germany, March 2026: As the first safety control system worldwide, CODESYS Virtual Safe Control SL has been certified according to IEC 61508 SIL3 for use with FSoE (EtherCAT Safety).
Already at the beginning of 2025, the market-leading IEC 61131-3 provider CODESYS Group received its first certification for CODESYS Virtual Safe Control SL from TÜV Süd. This version included the use of Profinet/PROFISAFE I/Os. The certification has now been extended to FSoE (EtherCAT Safety). This means that in safety-critical applications, users now have greater freedom of choice when it comes to the safe fieldbus and safety I/Os used. This means that all devices based on an x86 CPU (64-bit) and a Linux operating system along with a container engine, can now be used as safety controllers for which SIL3 according to IEC 61508 is required. No special dual-channel safety hardware is needed for the approval of the safety system with EtherCAT safety I/Os.
CODESYS Virtual Safe Control SL is available in the CODESYS Store. Licensing is based on the number of safety I/O channels required.
Press contact:
Roland Wagner
CODESYS GmbH
A member of the CODESYS Group
Memminger Str. 151
87439 Kempten
Phone: +49-831-54031-17
E-mail: r.wagner(at)codesys.com
Internet: https://www.codesys.com
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