Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are among the major actors in the industrial automation market. They operate mainly in the automotive, aeronautics, IT or electronic markets. Their main role is to create complete equipment or sub-assemblies for industry.
In order to remain competitive and flexible, they need to invest in versatile and open solutions that keep pace with industry developments.
Openness is one of the main assets of the straton solution. Being completely independent of the hardware, it is possible to integrate one or more additional modules at any time.
The straton software also supports a wide range of communication protocols. The list of supported standards is accessible and available from the programming interface (BACnet, CAN, EtherNet/IP, J1939, MODBUS, POWERLINK, PROFINET…).
With a memory footprint of only a few kilobytes, the straton runtime can be easily integrated on any type of hardware and thus embodies the most advanced multi-platform programming tool of its generation.
The straton technology has proven itself for almost 20 years with many OEMs (hardware manufacturers). Its openness and simplicity offer exceptional flexibility and reactivity for all users.
The integration is done quickly and simply thanks to the tools provided by COPA-DATA: a powerful and intuitive editor, an independent and efficient runtime, a development kit for the different supported modules, and a complete and perfectly documented programming tools.
As for the hardware used, here again, straton demonstrates its flexibility by adapting itself as well to small platforms as to industrial PCs with or without operating system. Applications can be easily transferred from one hardware to another and thus accompany the platform in its technical and technological evolution without additional investments/costs related to the porting of applications.
Based on the IEC 61131-3 standard which defines the international programming languages FBD, LD, SFC, IL, and ST, the straton editor offers great flexibility in application programming. It is thus possible to choose its programming language and to change it at any time.
The different languages presented being universal standards commonly used by programmers, they are all the more efficient for companies working with foreign countries since they avoid problems related to misunderstanding or compatibility of programs.
Concerning communication, straton supports a wide range of communication protocols that can be implemented at any time using the embedded configuration tools and allows to easily complement an existing product.
“Certifying a product range is a great challenge for a company and a step toward the future. Thanks to straton tools and COPA-DATA support, we have passed the certification for this evolution of the standard more serenely. After Edition 1 in 2014, SEPCOS is now certified by DNV GL for the Edition 2, allowing us to provide a complete, secure and adapted solution to our customers.”
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