Omron has launched new NX series safety network controllers that support two safety protocols for the first time worldwide: CIP Safety, which is used by industrial robot manufacturers, and Safety over Ethercat (FSoE), which offers a particularly fast response time. Automotive and food manufacturers need to flexibly modify production lines in order to produce products with low volumes and numerous variants (low volume high mix) as well as to cope with short product life cycles. Functional safety systems stop production lines and equipment to protect people from potential hazards, for example from robots. To meet these requirements, the company has developed the NX series of safety network controllers. These controllers provide modular safety control, so there is no need to stop an entire production line when it is changed or serviced. Automatic programming of safety systems, offline simulation and an online function test for checking safety programs reduce the time from planning to verification of functional safety. The logging of safety data ensures that even inexperienced employees can identify the cause of a sudden interruption to a production line. The NX series controllers include the NX-SL5500/5700 safety CPU, the NX-CSG320 communication controller and the NX102-9020 machine automation controller with the following features: two different networks in a single safety system to meet all user requirements, integrated development environment Sysmac Studio for fast safety programming, easy maintenance and fast troubleshooting. An SD card with logging settings is used to log the safety data. When the start trigger conditions are met, the specific device variables and the exposed variables can be recorded in chronological order and output to the memory card.