Demands for state-of-the-art process control systems in the global market require solutions that are based on more than just one language. Only then can secure and error-free projects be created in the engineering team's own language, whatever it may be. Systems designed in this way can then be switched easily, safely, and quickly to the language needed by the customer.
To compete at the highest levels in emerging markets such as China and Russia, APROL R 3.0 has incorporated a powerful multilingual capability based on the Unicode format (UTF-8). This technology makes it possible for the process control system to use any alphabets and character sets such as those used in the Chinese and Cyrillic languages. Simply adapting all system modules and databases opens up this possibility completely.
Multi-language functionality is achieved in the Engineering system by configuring the target languages that are needed while the project is being designed. In addition to the source language, any number of target languages can be configured as well. The target language used is chosen automatically depending on the language configured on the operator station.
APROL is a Linux-based process control system offered by B&R that enables complete solutions – from terminal blocks to visualization. It can be implemented in all industries that use process automation systems where complex structures need to be portrayed, especially in the areas of process engineering, energy, and building control systems.
