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News Release from: Sixnet | Subject: Linux IPm application development kit
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 19 May 2003

Software development for controllers and
RTUs

Sixnet's Linux IPm application development kit software is now available as a free download.

Sixnet's Linux IPm application development kit software is now available as a free download Sixnet's IPm line combines advanced industrial hardware with embedded Linux firmware

With the free Linux IPm application development kit, users can now write applications to run in Sixnet's Linux IPm controllers and remote terminal units (RTUs).

The IPm applications can be developed in either Red Hat Linux (7.0 or higher) or Microsoft Windows running on an i386 platform.

Sixnet's Linux IPm firmware already contains a wealth of software solutions that are ready to use right out of the box, including applications for: ISaGraf IEC61131-3 programming; datalogging; and Modbus master and slave, radio and telephone communications.

The application development kit empowers OEMs, system integrators and end users to create new applications, easily add I/O drivers, and customise the performance of existing firmware to fit special applications.

The IPm application development kit's crosscompiler generates applications to run on the PowerPC in IPm stations.

A remote debugger is also provided to perform diagnostics from Linux (the debugger is not currently available for the Windows platform). Request a free brochure from Sixnet ...

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