Itris Automation is a software vendor specializing in tools for improving PLC program quality, with a focus on automation and computer science since 1995. Their products include automatic verification, documentation generation, and program conversion tools for various PLC brands. The company emphasizes compliance with standards and industry needs amid the transition to Industry 4.0, providing enhanced software development capabilities.

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Itris Automation
Improving the quality of PLC programs
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Table of contents
 Itris Automation
 Technology
 Itris products
 Partner products
 Contact & information
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ITRIS AUTOMATION
Software vendor
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Itris Automation
 1995: Establishment of Itris: system integrator
 2008: Change of business model  software vendor
 Today: 14 employees
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We are based in Grenoble, France:
Dual competence : automation & computer science
20 years R&D developing development tools for PLC programs

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Energy Defense & space
Other industries
Systems integrators
Pharmaceutical
Automotive
PLC Vendors
Food and beverage
Our references

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Our partners
Certifying bodies
DistributorsTechnology
Academic
Associations
Italy
Finland
Israel
Japan
Serbia
France
Germany
Argentina

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TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCTS
Itris Automation
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PLC program import
PLC Checker :
automatic verification
of compliance with
programming rules
PLC Doc Gen :
Automatic generation
of documentation and
workflow
PLC Converter:
Automatic
generation of
program into
another PLC type
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Translation into a high level abstract language :
Our technology
Support of all 5 formats of IEC 61131 Support of major PLC brands and formats&
(testing phase)

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User interfaces
Products architecture
 Reduced deployment
costs
 Use of proven
technologies
 Easy integration with
third-party tools
(workbench,
versioning
management)
Eclipse browsers Unity Pro
Collaborative platform

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PLC types we support
 GX Works2
(testing phase)
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Analyzers: 40 languages for 9 brands and 20 PLC models currently supported
 Step 5
 Step 7
 Unity Pro
 PL7 pro
 April Orphee series 1000
 TSX Serie 7
 April SMC
 PB 400
 SLC 500
 PLC5
 RS Logix 5000
 Version 2.3
 Version 3.2
 Sysmac Studio 1.0.3
(testing phase)
 C1
 Ap 80
 XML format

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ITRIS PRODUCTS

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Products / services offer
Functionality Product Services
PLC programs
conversion • Online PLC Converter
• Conversion Platform
• PLC Converter training
• Comprehensive translation service
• Translation services for complicated
conversions
• C code generation (IT)
Programming rules
checking
• PLC Checker
• PLC Checker plugin for Unity
Pro
• PLC Checker training (basic usage, rules
edition)
• Programs audit
• Program quality management assistant
• Quality management service
Automatic
documentation
generation from
PLC program
• PLC DocGen
- Data workflow view
- Control workflow view
• Listing generation (Grafcet, Ladder, control
flow charts) on a page format
• Documentation combination:
Requirements, listing, CAD - PLC variables
connections
• Possible listing animations with real time
values

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PLC Checker
Results
Static analyzer
Cloud or server
based model
Exported PLC programSet of rules
Demo

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PLC DocGen
 Control Flow : Tree with all procedures of the code and the relation between them
 Data Flow : Tree with all variables of the code and their relationships, from input to
output or from output to input
Demo

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PLC Converter
Video demo :
 Hardware
 Racks, modules, special cards,
cartes spéciales
 Special Features
 Communication, regulation, axes
driving, supervision
 Memory Organization
 Zones, tailles, positionnement des
variables
 Data Types
 Simple types, structured,
enumerated, functional blocks
 System Libraries
 The software functions are
accessible from the program
(NBMOD = modules number)
 System Information
 Bits of errors, timers (second,
milliseconds…)
 Application Structure
 Tasks number, features of the called
blocks
 Languages (NI : number of instructions)
 Ladder
 Structured Text
 Instruction list
 FBD
 Grafcet (NG7 : Grafcet number)
No automatic translation because there are
too many possibilities (no default configuration
is possible)
Translated automatically
Demo

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PARTNERS PRODUCTS
Distribution

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SQUORE
Quality dashboard
 User friendly display of the analysis results report
 Sharing Quality control
 Decision Support
 Exportable reports
Demo
Generated Action plan
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Quality & Analysis
Models
Intuitive
Dashboard
PLC
Program
Qualimetry
PLC
Checker
Automatic
report

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Data management for automation
 Time savings due to automated backups
 More certainty due to automatic comparison of the backup
of the software version on the device with the released
version on the server
 Fast restoration of data in the event of an error
 Simplified versioning – WHY you made the change is the
only entry needed
 Faster troubleshooting thanks to SmartCompare
 Free compare for detailed comparison of projects
 Time savings due to no further need for manual change
notes
 Easier project handover due to detailed SmartCompares
 100% traceability – the change factors WHO, WHAT, WHERE
and WHEN are automatically saved
VERSION DOG
Versioning
Backup
Documentation
of changes

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SOFTWARE FACTORY
Industry 4.0
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Towards a software factory
 Industry 4.0 = software revolution
 The hardware has often been the key differentiator among PLC
providers (robustness, range, additional functions)
 The industry 4.0 changes the perspective : today, the software is
considered as an added value
 As software production becomes an industrialized process –
thus evolving from traditional methods, the software must
become :
 Measurable
 Compliant with standards
 Proved to be compliant with specifications
 Development tools are needed to reach these objectives
 Software Factory
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Software factory architecture
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PLC DocGenPLC Checker

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Software factory architecture
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PLC DocGenPLC Checker

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Which Benefits?
 Requirements Formalization
 PLC Checker : already done
 PLC Autotest : formalization of business requirements
 Advanced traceability for few effort
 The automated testing implementation allows the regression detection: :
the coupling versioning management <-> test results allows this
traceability
 Traceability request : natural language testing and programs enable
tests scripts generation
 Documentation on PLC Autotest & PLC Checker results available
anytime
 Improvement of the maturity of a development team (CMMI
standard for example)

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Other Strategic directions
 PLC Open
 PLC Open Software Construction Guidelines – working group since the
end of 2013
 Development of a set of consensual coding rules for the industry in order
to check their application automatically
 Cybersecurity
 Participation to ANSSI (French agency for Information System Security)
working group on industrial plants cybersecurity
 Integration of PLC DocGen et PLC Checker as audit tools for critical
existing facilities.
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CONTACT & INFORMATION
Don’t hesitate to ask for more!
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Your contact person
Valerie Fontaine
Director of International Business Development
valerie.fontaine@itris-automation.com
Mobile: +33 6 52 69 97 52
 Corporate website: www.itris-automation.com
 Presentations: www.slideshare.net/ItrisAutomationSquare/
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