Bosch Rexroth in 2013, wins Hermes Award

  HERMES prestigious international award this year was won by Bosch Rexroth. "HERMES The award this year from Bosch Rexroth, an internationally recognized manufacturer of high-tech products has been obtained for many years, the company has at HANNOVER MESSE demonstrated its dynamic innovation process Decia present -. Rrr.jpgsion Bosch Rexroth makers. win solution makes an important contribution to the integrated industry "and will accelerate the trend of industrial production," says Dr. Jochen Kockler board member of Deutsche Messe AG.

Presented annually to the HANNOVER MESSE, the award recognizes outstanding innovations developed by individual companies. Bosch Rexroth receipt of the Hermes Award for his engineering project open ground, combines previously separate programmable logic controllers (PLC) and information technology (IT) environments. Bosch Rexroth has developed an integrated solution based on open standards, software tools and kernel function open interface. API based on traditional technology, can now high-level features are combined with improved programming languages. In addition, innovative features such as native applications can be managed on external devices such as smartphones. About this native applications it is possible to read data from and write data directly to the controller. This gives OEMs the ability to differentiate themselves from their competitors by creating custom without the direct support of their respective controller software functions.

Open Core Requirements Engineering Engineering offers world previously isolated together in one integrated solution. In its center, software tools and functional tools that entirely on open standards and technologies. The new open interface improves core software engineering - which it is based with applications to high-level languages ​​can work - which has until now focused on the automation PLC.

In many libraries of functions that are adapted to different development environment, it is now possible functions directly on the bottom of the access control. This allows manufacturers to create customized in-house software features and integration technology based on high-level languages ​​into their automation solutions. Concrete examples are the integration of simulation tools or the use of smart devices with native applications. In addition, the open-core interface functions and data-based applications, such as integrated IT management performance production machine systems.

All the way to the base of devices and programming languages

With the Open Core interface, OEMs are free to choose their platform - PC, smart device or controller - and the programming language used: C / C + +, C #, Visual Basic, VBA ((NET) office.) LabView G, Objective-C and Java programming for all applications that support the integration of Microsoft COM libraries. They can even custom control functions for real-time applications, independent of the control program.

This means that engineers use high-level languages ​​to write their own software features that work with the application of low-level real-time directly on the control or non-real time to external devices such as computers or smart devices. Now OEMs can achieve innovative features themselves - even those who need better access basis. This will also enable them to protect their know-how.

Intelligent devices and native applications such as application examples

Core Open Interface supports Apple iOS and Google Android, which is currently operating in two main systems for smartphones and tablets. The high penetration of smart devices with innovative operational concepts and comfortable combined with great interest among manufacturers and operators. They recognize that the future bring new ways of communication between man and machine, the user-friendly, flexible and intuitive.

With the Open Core interface allows OEMs to develop applications with Java, like native applications to integrate seamlessly with smartphones support process automation and machine operators, new diagnostic approaches and operational concepts. Native applications run exclusively on the smartphone or tablet so that the program will be retained by the machine.

More efficient with integrated know-how

Open Core Technology combines these new degrees of freedom in software engineering at the effectiveness of engineering, planning for the operation, what is the market demands. The software includes all the tools and industry Rexroth IndraWorks and specific know-how in technology in the form of kits based in integrated engineering framework. The GAT (Generic Application Template) software toolkit, for example, the program automatically generates the executable machine instructions on the developer, and thus laid the foundation for the development of software in a modular machine concept. Another example is the toolbox FlexProfile software. It automatically simplifies the implementation of the functions of the complex machine actuator changing the manufacturing process parameters, all movements.

To accelerate a variety of industry-specific engineering software tools have already been created as OEMs the basic features. Based on open standards such as case packers, OPC-UA or PLCopenState Open Core technology also provides security for the future and protection of investments by manufacturers and operators.