Safety cutoffs do not always have to involve a full machine shutdown. Smart, safe reactions to various situations provide safety without having to stop the production process. Intelligent, decentralized and integrated safety technology from B&R with extremely short response times opens up an entirely new range of safety concepts for machines and systems. The full selection of machine options, the philosophy of programming instead of hard wiring, safe service and diagnostics and system-wide safe communication all come together to optimize both the flexibility and availability of machines and systems.