Real-time on rails With edge and IoT
Your custom end-to-end solution
Communicative, networked systems deliver valuable data in rail transportation. The demands on fleet management and software distribution are constantly increasing. We develop your end-to-end solution: from component interfaces and edge processing to secure cloud communication and central management of software, configurations, and media content.
3 components in focus
Our applications work together seamlessly by analyzing data centrally, condensing it locally, and executing it directly in the field. This coordination ensures information reaches its destination efficiently, allowing for fast and accurate decisions. Continuous security mechanisms protect every stage of the data flow and ensure reliable, secure operation.
Intelligently mapping networked fleets
in the cloud
SOFTWARE & FIRMWARE UPDATE
Transfer and activation
HOSTING & MONITORING
for security & easy maintenance
REMOTE CONFIGURATION
of vehicles
ANALYSIS & VISUALIZATION
of diagnostic data in dashboards
MEDIA DATA
Designed for passenger information systems
DEVELOPMENT & SIMULATION
using digital twins
The cloud collects and stores all data transmitted by the edge devices and trains, thus providing the basis for analysis, reporting, and historical evaluations. In the Cloud, applications run in Pods and Containers, enabling scalable processing, automatic updates, and self-healing.
Identity and role management ensure secure access: users, systems, and edge devices are authenticated, only receive the necessary rights, and all actions are logged to ensure compliance and security. Secure interfaces or messaging systems like MQTT or REST are used to exchange data between edge and cloud, allowing real-time analysis, monitoring, and AI applications to be operated reliably.
Cloud Technologies
Flexible data processing
directly in the vehicle
Presentation, management, analysis
Our Edge applications bring computing power directly into the vehicle. They process data locally, reduce the transmission volume, and enable immediate reactions to operating conditions.
Within this Edge architecture, Containers and Pods ensure a clearly structured, flexible software environment. Each function, such as data acquisition, analysis, or communication, runs in its own Pod, which can be independently updated and scaled.
From in-house development to the integration of existing IoT technologies: our solutions are flexible and scalable. All relevant data is efficiently collected, analyzed, and linked to the Cloud.
This provides precise insights in real-time – for example, when a tram reports an error and its location can be displayed directly on a central dashboard.
Local intelligence orchestrated
through containers and pods
The container runtime platform plays a crucial role in the automated management, orchestration, and scaling of applications on edge and field devices. It ensures that the individual pods reliably work together, updates are rolled out seamlessly, and applications efficiently adapt to changing operating conditions.
Sensor POD
Task: Collects sensor data
from brakes, axles, temperature.
AI POD
Task: Executes AI model and detects anomalies.
COM POD
Task: Sends aggregated data to the operations center.
Update POD
Task: Performs OTA software updates.
Edge Technologies
Secure and efficient data transmission
Communication between Edge devices and the Cloud must be reliable and secure – even in the event of connection interruptions or extended downtimes.
Broker-based approaches like MQTT, AMQP, or Azure IoT Hub enable bidirectional communication between the vehicle and the Cloud.
MQTT is lightweight, reliable, and well-suited for mobile fleets. Messages are guaranteed to be delivered regardless of interruptions, ensuring that data remains consistent and available at all times.
Bidirectional Communication
Connect, analyze, and control your fleet. Efficient, secure, and digital.
Model-based software engineering for the vehicle control unit
GETTING THERE FASTER
We speed up the development and validation of vehicle control software using model-based software engineering.
DEVELOPMENT OF IOT AND EDGE APPLICATIONS
FOR SMART RAIL OPERATIONS
By monitoring “health states,” identifying optimization potentials in the network, and enabling predictive maintenance, our application development transforms your data into knowledge.
Subsystem integration for the vehicle control unit and operator network
SO IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER
When subsystem integration is performed for the vehicle control unit and operator network, we take full responsibility for combining multivendor architectures to form a functioning whole.
Innovations
WE’RE SHAPING THE FUTURE
We play an active role in both national and international research projects that are working to prepare rail vehicle technology for the challenges of future decades.
Development of a basic system
BASIS FOR THE FUTURE
By participating in international standardization projects, we’re contributing to the creation of a highly expandable and modular basic system of the future.
Device integration for SIMATIC PCS 7 / SIMATIC PCS neo
YOUR COMPONENTS IN A LEADING POSITION
Siemens’ SIMATIC PCS 7 and SIMATIC PCS neo control systems are leaders in the process industry. We take responsibility for a seamless, system-compliant integration of your products or third-party components.
PROFINET Stack Integration
WE HELP YOU MAKE IT TO THE BIG LEAGUES
You want to integrate PROFINET into your chips or devices – we handle the modification of the relevant stacks as part of a carefree package for you – right up to certification.
System integration for industrial communication
SO THAT NO DATA-POINT IS LOST
Whether it’s PROFINET, OPC UA, MQTT, or applications based on them, we take on the complete integration of products for industrial communication into your system environment.
Development of IoT and edge applications
DATA BECOMES THE BASIS FOR DECISION-MAKING
You want to turn big data into smart data. We’ll build your application – from data acquisition (connectivity) and data transmission to data evaluation and utilization.
IO-LINK LIBRARY FOR SIMATIC PCS 7/SIMATIC PCS NEO
Secure point-to-point connections in industry are relatively easy to implement with the right IO-Links. We offer you the right driver so that integration is in full compliance with the system.
TURCK Remote IO FOR SIMATIC PCS 7
The system-compliant connection of TURCK systems to the SIMATIC PCS 7 process control system doesn’t have to be time-consuming. Our function block library ensures maximum convenience at the user end.
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Cyber security for component manufacturers
SECURE FROM THE START
How we help you eliminate potential vulnerabilities in your products – from product development throughout the entire lifecycle.
Cyber security for plant operators:
MORE PROTECTION FOR YOUR ASSETS
How we can help you monitor and mitigate risks during operation – supported by our combination of system, software, and security expertise.