The aX5 SPS is a Soft PLC, which can be used on hardware platforms of various manufacturers and different operating systems. It is based on the IEC 61131-3 norm and is scalable from small microprocessors up to high-performance servers.

• IEC 61131-3 PLC



• Hardware independent
  The palette ranges from microprocessors (e.g. ARM9 technology with 64MB RAM) to controllers or head-ends of various manufacturers up to large control servers.



• Windows or Linux Operating Systems
  Including a Linux real-time environment.



• Hot standby operation for as much availability as possible



• Redundant connection to control systems



• Efficient data transfer between control systems
  In this way, distributed systems can transfer individual data points or lists.



• Data export in PLCopen format
  This also allows controls of other manufacturers to be supplied with logic programs to be executed.



• Open connection to field buses and autonomous process participants
  e.g. Profibus, Modbus, IEC 60870-5-101, 104, OPC etc.



• Real-time data acquisition
  Trend and alarm messages are acquired in the PLC cycle, temporarily buffered, and transferred to the server for archiving.



• Multi-task system
  Several tasks can be defined with various cycle times.