Partners and Projects

For over 30 years, ATR - a subsidiary of the Siempelkamp Group - has been a specialist in automation and systems integration, delivering complete automation and IT solutions for industrial processes across a wide range of sectors. Since 2002, ATR uses our iCon-L framework as programming system for the Temcont DSP controlling system. Using this system, a signal processor architecture was first supported through iCon-L.

Beckhoff implements open automation systems based on PC-compatible control technology. The product range covers industrial PCs, I/O and fieldbus components, drive technology and automation software.  Since 2003, ProSign is a system partner of Beckhoff’s and offers the iCon-L software package for CX1000, the embedded PC series. ProSign is a competent partner for Linux solutions for CX1000.

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Beck produces the smallest industrially usable "PC" in one chip. Since 1997, ProSign offers several iCon-L system packages for a wide range of Beck products. This certainly includes the  IPC@CHIP.

EUROTOPE develops low radioactive components for medical applications and produces the corresponding customized production plants. Their services include the development of prototypes and production technology, the production of small series for clinical studies and the erection of production plants for line production of medical devices. Eurotope uses our iCon-L framework as programming system for complete automation of their production plants and prototypes for several years now. They primarily use the CX1000 system package which has been developed in close cooperation with Eurotope.
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EUS offers customized solutions at the interfaces between energy and information technolgy and supports the implementation of energy-related innovations. Since 2002, EUS uses our framework as central basis technology to realize most of their customer projects. EUS has pushed the development of our C166 package.

Gantner Instruments is well known as a specialist for acquiring electrical, thermal, and mechanical quantities in the following fields of application: engine testing, component testing, proces monitoring. Our products are renowned for their: precision, speed, and flexibility. Since early 2004, ProSign works closely with Gantner Instruments. The e.con/e.pac system package is subject to constant customization and optimization in accordance with corporate training courses and customer projects.

Hilscher Gesellschaft für Systemautomation mbH is one of the most powerful companies in industrial communication. They supply their products and technology to a lot of important companies all over the world. Hilscher develops and manufactures solutions for fieldbus and industrial Ethernet. You will find PC cards, gateways, ASIC for major systems etc. Since 2001, Hilscher uses iCon-L as graphical configurator for the netNode protocol converter.

The engineering scientists of the Martin-Luther University started a project dealing with validatable architectures for industrial automation systems (FuE Project VAIAS). The project’s object is to develop software architectures and to complete corresponding tools to expand the use of formal methods for software validation in industry automation. In addition to ifak system, ProSign is one of the cooperation partners of this research project. ProSign’s responsibility is to develop the graphical structure editor. more...

For many years now, ProSign has close contact with the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg. This close contact is due to the fact that, on the one hand, some ProSign employees attended the university and, on the other hand, that iCon-L is used to realize various research projects. The Institute for Electrical Energy Systems, for example, uses iCon-L to record measuring data and automatize their fuel cell test stand. Future student research projects and diploma thesis are agreed to be supported through both sides.

Since 2005, PMA Prozeß- und Maschinen-Automation GmbH (process and machine automation) is a strategic partner of ProSign. Being a specialist for superior temperature controller, PMA provides many products for process line suppliers and machine manufacturers. Based on our framework, PMA and we developed the new BlueDesign engineering tool. Within the scope of this development, we also promoted the strategic project to integrate a design tool  used to program display and control systems.

The engineering office Linsenbarth developed a profibus test environment based on the iCon-L framework which allows to extensively test SPS programs by switching on virtual lines and devices.

For years, messMa GmbH sets its focus on the development of spare and special components for rail cars. They are specialized on data recording and analysis as well as development of multi-functional displays. messMa GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG and is integrated in “Rail Automation”. iCon-L is used to program messMa data logger. Extensive projects were started to integrate iCon-L in the programming process of complex multi-functional displays.

Since 1984, MCT Paul & Scherer Mikrocomputertechnik GmbH develops and sells Single Board Computers (SBCs) for industrial applications. The range is from simple 8Bit SBCs up to powerful 32Bit SBCs.
Nowus projects and produces electrical controls for various sectors, but especially for ventilation and heating systems as well as for compressed air machines and environmental engineering. In the context of a network development, MCT, Nowus and ProSign developed a modular controller platform based on the LCP2106 ARM7-controller. The standardized SPI interface is used as system bus to connect I/O modules.

STEINHOFF Automation & Fieldbus-Systems is specialized on the development and marketing of industrial communication systems for PC-based systems and embedded-real-time systems. They also realize complete solutions for QNX and RTAI-Linux. Since 2003, Steinhoff-Automation offers DACHSview, a visual programming platform based on our framework.

SysMik, founded in 1991, has become an internationally accepted and technically leading specialist for LONWORKS. Since 1999, SysMik uses our iCon-L framework as basis technology for their programmable LON controllers. The SysMik controllers are used by several international and well known building automation companies.
In the context of a network project in 1999, ABB, SysMik and ProSign started to develop the graphical development environment IPOCS. IPOCS is a technology package that is especially adapted to the LON technology and the application of building automation.

Vossloh Kiepe (formerly Kiepe Elektrik), founded in 1906, is a world-wide supplier of traction equipment, part equipment and electrical components for public transportation. Our successful cooperation with Vossloh Kiepe lasts for more than five years now. On the ECT conference, 2002, the iCon-L-based engineering system was presented for the first time.