PLCnext Engineer crashes while coding main

PLCnext Engineer
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Hey everyone,
I’m relatively new to working with this type of PLC, so I’ve been diligently following the manual. Following its instructions, I’ve added a pre-existing template: „AXC F 1152 v00 / 2021.0.0“. Subsequently, I attempted to locate the physical controller I’m connected to.
Initially, I conducted a ping to the address 192.168.1.10, and it responded correctly (in my network, the controller is the only device). After confirming that my PC detects the controller, I checked the IP in my project on the PC, which matches the physical one.
However, when I look for available controllers in „online controllers,“ nothing appears. Strangely though, in the „online state“ window, there’s a controller to which I can connect after entering the username and password. (I saved my project before and after connecting)
The real issue arises when I attempt to create a simple program; the software crashes and shuts down. Below, I’ve attached a text file with the diagnostic details.
Some information:
-PLC: AXC F 1152
-PLC status:
All lights off except: BF_D (red blinking), RUN (initially green but I can make it blink by sending a stop signal from the software), D (orange).
-PLCnext Engieener: 2021.3.1

Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
errorReport.txt

errorReport.txt

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Hi m.robotics,
the answer is simple:
Use a new version of PLCnextEngineer.
I can’t find the thread in which this issue was discussed before but there is an entry in the change notes:
15.2 Fixed errors and limitations After an update of the .NET framework to version 4.8.1 PLCnext Engineer could crash when a tooltip has been displayed in an Intellisense drop-down list. The tooltips were removed from the affected lists to prevent the crash

Cheers
DivisionByZero

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Hello!
Often, you can’t see online plc if pcl firmware in the project and online are different. To verify online plc firmware, use ssh connection and type in terminal cat /etc/plcnext/arpversion.
Actually, I will recommend you to use latest IDE 2024.0.2 and plc FW 2024LTS for your engineering proposes. (If you use latin-encoded strings in your texts). It will help to prevent some issues of previous versions.
BR

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Hello Mikel,

please update the AXC F 1152 to the current FW version and check if the
template version matches with the existing FW.

In addition update the PnE version to 2024.0.2.
In the meantime we had multiple changes and bugfixes for software crashs.

Give a quick reply if the software works as expected.