ACTERE
ACTERE ….
… is an application for Test Systems and Industrial Automation, that offers you full flexibility without programming knowledge. The program enables independent use and positioning of the elements (multiscreen). Furthermore it is individually adaptable and suitable for HiL, PiL, XiL, SiL.
Software Description:
ACTERE software is a comprehensive package for controlling test systems and automating industrial equipment across all sectors. It enables the execution of measurements, analyses, and assessments, as well as documentation, within automation processes.
Its extensive interface suite captures and processes data from both hardware and software. Thanks to the use of standardized communication interfaces and remote control capabilities, ACTERE can integrate into, or expand upon, existing workflows and automation systems.
Graphical programming allows for the creation of complex, parallel processes without the need for coding expertise. Functional extensions are implemented via user-defined script code using Groovy, a simple scripting language based on Java. Groovy provides a wide range of additional functions for data communication and processing.
To ensure a high level of security, ACTERE offers flexible access control through individualized permission settings.
ACTERE supports all KARING actuators and includes a variety of predefined, intelligent function blocks for use with them.
Structure of the Software:
ACTERE is divided into system configuration and the project. The system configuration acts as the interface between hardware and software and handles the configuration of users or user groups and their system-wide permissions.
The system configuration includes:
– Users / user groups
– Assignment of system-wide permissions
– Hardware configuration and calibration
– Configuration of software-based emergency stop behavior
– Server configuration for remote control
The actual testing and control tasks are managed within the projects. Projects serve as the central entry point for creating and visualizing processes and user interfaces. ACTERE supports the simultaneous execution of multiple projects. A multi-door tester is a good example of this.
A project consists of:
– Project-specific hardware
– Actions and conditions
– Sequences
– User interfaces
– Directory references
Virtual Twin System
The Virtual Twin System (VTS) from KARING GmbH can be used in a variety of ways to set up, control and optimize motion sequences in the productive system of robots and actuators. Especially in applications where access to the system is severely restricted, e.g. by a climate chamber.
In connection with the ACTERE software, the operator can, for example, use the PC mouse to virtually set up and save various test points; the same process can be carried out using VR hardware, with possible collisions being visualized to the operator on the screen using different colours. The corresponding coordinates are also displayed on the screen..
- Free movement in virtual space
- Set up, control and optimize
- Teaching with VR glasses
- Import of the DUT as a 3D model
- Virtual Commissioning
- Cycle time study
- Training on the virtual system
- Service applications
- ACTERE software
Interfaces
With ACTERE you can access an extensive portfolio of interfaces:
Test management systems
Automotive bus systems:
CAN, CANoe, OEM spezifisch (e.g. ODIS, XIL)
Automation bus systems:
PROFIBUS, PROFINET
Control systems:
S7, WinAC, FUP
IO systems:
ET200S, IOC, DuT-A Modular, Spider8,
CTS, Wago, Epos, FUP, Yokogawa
Other systems:
RFID reader/writer devices
printers, scanners
file and database systems and
visualisation boards
intern communication
HBM
NI
µAct, mini-Act
Node Red
Git-connection
