On the following pages you will find information on the most frequently asked questions. If the question you are looking for is not listed - please contact us by phone or leave your question in the form at the bottom of the page.
Yes – after installation, you can use the free trial version of for 30 days. Only the days you actually use the engineering software count. A license must be purchased when the 30-day trial period expires.
Workstation and multi-user licenses are transferable if they are transferred in full. This means that, when transferring the license, you retain no copy, i.e. the license key is no longer active on any of your computers. You can use the license manager to remove a license.
In contrast, buy-out licenses are not transferable. However, it is permissible for the software to be installed in products of the company that contain WAGO automation technology and thus form a functional unit. For example, machine builders who have purchased a buy-out license may install CODESYS on every computer that is permanently installed in the machines that are sold. However, the license key itself may not be transferred in such cases. Site licenses are non-transferable.
“Railway compatibility” is a colloquial term for the usability of a product in the railway industry. More concretely, products need to meet the requirements of DIN EN 50155. For electromechanical components, this depends on vibration and shock tests, as well as the operating temperature, among other things. For electronic components, additional EMC tests must be taken into account.
Incidentally: Although DIN EN 50155 has an international counterpart, namely IEC 60751, the German version continues to be the common, globally accepted “railway standard.”
The energy that is released when components/materials burn is referred to as the fire load. This value is determined from the combustible weight and the calorific value of the materials.
You can find detailed information on the fire load for specific products in the corresponding data sheets in our online shop.
Our products are classified per EN 45545 as listed small electrotechnical components that can be used in a great variety of operating modes and in all vehicle types. The simplest and most practical requirement per R26 should be applied to such small electrotechnical components. This requires use of V0 material for all hazard levels. WAGO primarily uses V0 materials as the carrier and insulating material for electromechanical parts.
You can find detailed information on the materials used for specific products in the corresponding data sheets in our online shop.
Under specific conditions, all our products can be used in the railway industry.
However, the various requirements and specifications must be taken into account for each component and application. Every application requires different product properties. Among the various standards and guidelines, DIN EN 50155 and EN 45545 play an especially central role.
Our electromechanical components, such as rail-mount terminal blocks and pluggable connectors, meet the strictest requirements of the DIN EN 50155 railway standard. They can be used without restriction for the intended uses.
Electronic interface and automation components must be tested according to the respective technical regulations and operating conditions.
Basically: very long. The first WAGO rail-mount terminal blocks were installed in railway vehicles in 1978 – and have been in use ever since, to this very day.
After 27 years, our rail-mount terminal blocks were demounted during renovation work. We took this opportunity to perform various tests, such as voltage drops, insulation tests with DC and rated surge voltage and tensile tests. The result: They still met the strictest acceptance criteria even after 27 years of use in the field. Among the 540 passenger rail cars from 1979, more than 400 are still in use every day – with WAGO’s first rail-mount terminal blocks.
The exact data volume depends on various factors, including the sampling and publishing intervals and the number of collections. Example:
With a G3/UMTS 384 kbps wireless connection, four collections with 40 variables each, a sampling interval of 100 ms and a publishing interval of 1 s, the data volume is about 300 kbps.
You can find detailed information in the application note.
If Cloud Connectivity is enabled and configured, it continually attempts to establish a connection to the MQTT broker.
If the network connection is broken, the data is retained in memory – RAM or the SD card, depending on the settings – so it is not lost. Once the Internet connection is reestablished, the data that was stored temporarily is sent.
The memory functions as a so-called ring buffer. If the network connection goes down for a longer amount of time and the memory is already completely full of data, the oldest data is overwritten.
You can find detailed information in the application note.