Load a file in the AXC from a button in HMI

PLCnext Engineer
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Hello,
is it possible to load a file (from your the PC woh brows the HMI) in the AXC controller?
Something similar to makes the Upload FW button in the Wbm.
Thanks
Angel

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Hi Angel, this question was discussed recently here:
Forum - PLCnext Community PLCnext Technology from Phoenix Contact is a unique, open ecosystem for modern automation that is capable of meeting all the challenges of the IoT world.

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Hi Martin,
after reading the post you recommend me, seems not to be an easy solution to upload a file to the AXC.
Please let me know if there is a way I could dig into.
Thank you

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You’re right, there is not an easy solution.
If you want to learn about nginx configuration, as Oleksandr suggests in that other conversation, the best place is probably the nginx website:
nginx \nnginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server,\na mail proxy server,\nand a generic TCP/UDP proxy server,\noriginally written by Igor Sysoev.\nFor a long time, it has been running\non many heavily loaded Russian sites including\nYandex,\nMail.Ru,\nVK, and\nRambler.\nAccording to Netcraft, nginx served or proxied\n20.78%\nbusiest sites in September 2023.\nHere are some of the success stories: Oliver suggested a method for downloading files from the PLC in this conversation:
Forum - PLCnext Community PLCnext Technology from Phoenix Contact is a unique, open ecosystem for modern automation that is capable of meeting all the challenges of the IoT world. Based on Oliver’s comments, it seems like it’s possible to do something similar to make uploading work to the PLC, but it would not be secure and so not recommended. You could try doing what Oliver suggests, and then decide if you’re happy with the result.
As discussed offline, the HMI developers are aware of this requirement but there is currently no information about if or when this feature will be available.