Safe, modular railway control system PSSrail from Pilz is a pioneer for the digital railway

The safe, modular railway control system PSSrail is modular in design. It consists of the actual controller, suitable for SIL 4, as well as various hardware modules, including a CAN module for simple integration of existing systems. PSSrail also has a software suite for programming or configuration of user programs. Railway-certified function blocks are stored in a program library, enabling simple, faster implementation. Thanks to this building-block principle, users can design their solutions to suit their needs.

Economical thanks to standardisation and openness
PSSrail focuses on standardisation and openness. The control system is compatible with the latest EULYNX standard, thus paving the way for the implementation of digitisation projects. Pilz has developed the railway controller as a COTS product (commercial off-the-shelf). As such, users receive a product that is ready to use and can minimise their obsolescence management.

Pioneer for the digital railway
System suppliers and integrators can use PSSrail for the most varied signalling applications, including electric locally operated points or level crossings, as well as in digital interlockings. In this case, for example, PSSrail can be used as an Object Controller Platform, so that control of the field components along the track is digital, and therefore reliable and economical.

PSSrail provides a control solution that enables digitisation to be carried out while operations are ongoing and, for example, enables an upgrade to the EULYNX standard. Operators can modernise obsolete, relay-controlled interlockings gradually, increasing the reliability and efficiency of rail transport. The retrofit time is reduced thanks to standardisation and openness, which brings a considerable cost saving.

“With the safe, modular railway controller PSSrail we are setting new standards in digitisation of the railway infrastructure”, explains Sebastian Lüke, Head of Business Unit Rail at Pilz. “With PSSrail, system suppliers and integrators now have a tool they can use to implement the necessary rail digitisation economically and flexibly.”

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