SoftPLC Corporation : Company : Industry Firsts

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SoftPLC Corporation : Company : Industry Firsts

SoftPLC Corporation has gained a reputation of being among the most innovative software developers in the industrial sector. Our products incorporate powerful features years before our competitors, and usually the "same" feature offered by our competitor later includes only a subset of the functionality provided by SoftPLC initially. Thus, SoftPLC products are truly "cutting-edge" technology.

Here are only some of our "Industry Firsts":

SoftPLC

Open architecture control software
Real-time execution of ladder logic in a microcomputer to provide the functions of a PLC
C/C++ open application program interface (API) for user defined instructions & drivers
Embedded realtime java virtual machine in a PLC, with incremental garbage collection
Java API for user defined functions
Embedded web server, supporting http and Java servlets
Embedded relational database in a PLC ("property files")
Embedded firewall in a PLC ("Gatecraft")
SLiCk convert - an automated SLC-500 to SoftPLC web based conversion utility
Smart SoftPLC - embedded mangaged ethernet switch and modem in a PLC CPU

TOPDOC

PLC program development/documentation software
Multi-File Ladder Logic editing
Intelligent Difference Detector
dBaseIII PLC address descriptor/tagname file format
Ladder logic emulation in a PC
PLC program model conversion for Allen-Bradley PLC-2 to PLC-5 and PLC-3
XML program file format import/export
Java language ladder logic editor (TOPDOC NexGen)

SoftWIRES

PLC emulation/systems modeling & testing software
Complete control program simulation and modeling in a PC
PLC Process simulation with integral communications for simulation/testing of both PLC logic and HMI/SCADA software

ONE (Optimum Network Executive)

Industrial networking & communications software
Communication between a PC and PLC networks using a communication coprocessor module
Client/Server architecture for distributed communications over a LAN
Virtual device drivers for multi-tasking DOS applications through a single communications card

What about patents?
SoftPLC Corporation believes that "concept patents" are a deterrent to true innovation and invention. So, no, we do not have a bunch of patents on our software inventions - in fact, we agree with a growing majority that "concept" patents (a term which applies to most software patents) should be done away with. (See League for Programming Freedom and http://www.around.com/patent.html as only two of many sources of information and debate on this topic.)

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