Advance by efficiency - efficient engineering distributed systems nxtControl develops software products for the automation of buildings, machines, manufacturing lines and processes. The product portfolio consists of: - engineering software for automation (integrated from field level to SCADA level) - run time systems for control (IEC61499 & IEC61131) and visualisation (HMI/SCADA) - ready-to-use software object librairies representing real devices and applications Customers relying on nxtControl are: - control hardware manufactures - system integrators dealing with control engineering - machine and system manufacturers - companies in the manufacturing and process industry - building operators and facility managers nxtControl products are known to be modern, efficient, flexible They are based on following main concepts: - IEC 61499 for distributed control systems - object orientation encapsulating all aspects of automation components - hardware abstraction and virtual hardware - single line engineering The advantages are: - savings through most efficient engineering of automation projects - better solutions due to distributed intelligence - flexibilty through independence of software from hardware - less problems by mastering complexity of automation systems - better data consistency from the process level to the ERP system