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ProConOS® - Programmable Controller Operating System
ProConOS® is the real-time and multitasking-capable, IEC-compliant and very fast PLC runtime system. It is designed in such a way that it can be adapted to almost any hardware.
The fact that ProConOS® can be combined easily with already existing runtime programs and firmware packages enables PLC manufacturers to offer IEC 61131-compliant systems and keep their own features and capabilities to their full extent at the same time. |
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Complete PLC functionality
ProConOS® enables loading and execution of PLC programs and supplies powerful debug functionalities for programming, commissioning and maintenance of PLC-controlled machines and plants.
High speed
ProConOS® executes native machine code, which enables a very high performance. |
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ProConOS® embedded and ProConOS® Windows SoftPLC
ProConOS® is available in different versions. With the installation of ProConOS®, a standard hardware platform as well as a specific embedded hardware platform becomes a powerful PLC.
ProConOS® embedded, the real-time-capable solution for embedded systems. ProConOS® embedded was adapted to a number of combinations of CPUs and real-time operating systems by KW-Software.
ProConOS® SoftPLC: If an industrial PC is available under Windows for operation and monitoring services, this can take over complete PLC functionality thanks to ProConOS®. SoftPLCs include:
- ProConOS® Win RT, the software PLC with hard real-time for industrial PCs under Windows 2000/NT/XP
- ProConOS® Win RT MC, version of the real-time SoftPLC under Windows 2000/NT/XP extended by motion functionality
- ProConOS® Win CE, the real-time-capable software PLC for Windows® CE systems
ProConOS® for Linux as SoftPLC and embedded variant for several platforms. |
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[Detailed information on the ProConOS® variants]
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Clear advantages through a clear interface structure
The modular structure of the software provides system developers with numerous interfaces for realization of manufacturer-specific unique features. This enables ProConOS® to be integrated fast and easily into available systems like for example CNC, robot systems or motion control functions. |
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These interfaces are:
- I/O interface
- Firmware interface
- Configuration interface
- Multitasking interface
- File device driver interface
- Communication interface
- System interface
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[Detailed information on the ProConOS® interfaces]
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Standards as base, specialization by KW-Software
ProConOS® is normally based on a real-time multitasking kernel that provides the necessary functions from the side of the operating system which ProConOS® itself uses for internal purposes and by which multitasking is possible for the PLC application.
In the ProConOS® Windows kernel mode driver, this task is taken over by the KWRTK (KW Realtime-Kernel). This kernel real-time extension by KW-Software makes sure that no additional costs are incurred by the use of additional third-party software.
And the available ready-to-use drivers for fieldbus cards by Hilscher significantly decrease the effort required for the bus connection.
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