RTOSVisor + FLECS Marketplace: The Ideal Virtualization Platform for Modern Automation
The RTOSVisor from acontis technologies enables you to run Windows, Linux, and real-time operating systems (RTOS) simultaneously side-by-side on a single industrial PC – with guaranteed real-time performance! Now, with the integration of the FLECS Marketplace, deploying, managing, and updating Linux-based automation applications is easier than ever.
What is the FLECS Marketplace?
Think of the FLECS Marketplace as an app store for industrial automation. It provides a simple, standardized way to install, configure, deploy, and manage software and applications within your Linux or real-time Linux environment. The combination of the acontis RTOSVisor with the FLECS Marketplace enables a seamless migration of existing Windows applications to a more modern, Linux-based environment – without complicated parallel development or duplicated maintenance efforts.
Flexibility redefined
The challenge: Many machine and plant manufacturers are looking to modernize their systems by migrating from Windows to Linux. However, running parallel systems and maintaining duplicated codebases can be costly and time-consuming.
The solution: With the help of RTOSVisor and FLECS combined, you can:
- Continue using existing Windows-based applications.
- Start building new functionality in Linux, with apps deployed through FLECS.
- Avoid duplicate development efforts and streamline software maintenance.
This integration creates an efficient, phased migration strategy that protects existing investments and simultaneously enables the introduction of software-based business models. In addition, the existing system can be seamlessly expanded with innovative functions and applications.
Solution Approach
The acontis RTOSVisor is a type 1 real-time hypervisor that enables multiple operating systems to run in parallel on a single computer. Time-critical control software, Windows HMI applications, and Linux-based AI or cloud tools can all operate safely, securely, and efficiently together.
Now, thanks to the integration with the FLECS Marketplace, the acontis RTOSVisor can also support the installation of the FLECS Marketplace in the hosted Linux systems. Through the FLECS Marketplace, new applications can be directly installed onto the respective guest operating system. This eliminates the otherwise often unavoidable manual application installation or even the need to recreate the operating system image executed by the hypervisor. This enables the secure yet extremely fast deployment of new applications!
Your benefits at a glance
- Run multiple OSes on one device: Supports Windows, Linux, real-time Linux, VxWorks, and other real-time operating systems.
- Guaranteed real-time performance: Ideal for critical control applications with demanding performance requirements.
- Seamless migration: Continue to use existing Windows applications and supplement them with Linux-based services without complex parallel development.
- Simplified software management: Easily deploy applications via the FLECS Marketplace UI or API.
- Save space, power, and effort: Reduce hardware footprint, installation space, energy consumption, and maintenance effort.
- Enable new business models: Utilize software-based approaches for sustainable success.
With the RTOSVisor, a powerful virtualization technology that guarantees secure and reliable real-time capability is available – and complemented by the FLECS platform offering intuitive management of your applications and services on Linux-based systems.
Who is the solution ideal for?
- Machine and plant manufacturers who want to modernize and optimize existing systems.
- Automation providers who want to integrate new software services.
- Companies that want to gradually migrate to Linux-based architectures.
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