Soft PLC

Steeplechase VLC Achieves Factory-Floor Stability with the INtime Real-time Operating System

Convincing manufacturing managers to convert to PCs for industrial control has meant proving that Windows-based platforms can be both robust and reliable. Phoenix Contact, Ann Arbor Software has met that challenge, becoming a leading supplier of PC-based industrial-control software. To achieve the necessary critical level of platform stability, Phoenix Contact, Ann Arbor Software selected INtime as the real-time operating system for its Steeplechase VLC® solution.

When we came along and put PCs into the factory-floor environment, what we heard was: 'PCs aren't reliable--how are you going to prove that they are?' The TenAsys product did just that: it gave us credibility in terms of reliability and performance. --Jeff Fisher, Global Product Manager, Phoenix Contact, Inc.

Continue reading to learn more about how Phoenix Contact uses the INtime RTOS to drive the fastest, and one of the most successful, soft PLC controllers in the market: Steeplechase VLC.