ZealCore technology integrated in world leading train manufacturer’s system platform

April 2008

Bombardier Transportation has chosen ZealCore's System Recorder and System Debugger to enhance the visibility and the observability of its train control systems. ZealCore’s technology is now integrated with Bombardier Transportation’s system platform BOMBARDIER MITRAC* where VxWorks is the RTOS.

-“With limited support from ZealCore it was uncomplicated to make the integration into our system platform. ZealCore’s products now give us new and better possibilities to analyze event histories and system behaviour” says Anders Östmark, Manager Software Products at Bombardier Transportation.

Smart recording
In order to collect diagnostic information for facilitating debugging, system develop­ers have traditionally had to write their own diagnostic program code, a method that has several disadvantages: Diagnostic data collection not only requires considerable system resources, using CPU power intended for the target application; data collection itself also influences the system behaviour, often causing unwanted side effects, so called “probe-effects”, or “Heisenbugs”.

The key to ZealCore’s technology lies in the smart, economic recording mechanism of data for offline analysis, which requires a minimal amount of data. Systems performance is only affected marginally. This means that the recording functionality can remain within the deployed system, ensuring that it behaves exactly the same during field operation and development, hence eliminating the probe-effect.

ZealCore was founded in 2001 within Mälardalen RealTime Research Centre, MRTC, and was spun off in 2004. The founders Henrik Thane, and Kristian Sandström both remain active in the company. ZealCore’s investors include KTH Chalmers Capital, The Swedish Industrial Development Fund and SEB Venture Capital.

*BOMBARDIER MITRAC is trademark of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries

For questions and additional information, please contact:
Tom Rapaport, CEO ZealCore, tel: +46 707 328 009, e-Mail: tom.rapaport@zealcore.comwww.zealcore.com

ZealCore's technology now in vehicles from world leading manufacturer!

ZealCore 2008-01-25

ZealCore's System Recorder and System Debugger have successfully accelerated troubleshooting during deployment of vehicle systems. The ZealCore technology was integrated into the customers development platform, based on VxWorks from WindRiver, giving new insights to system behavior.

ZealCore Embedded Solutions Joins IBM PartnerWorld

ZealCore 2007-11-16




ZealCore Embedded Solutions has successfully validated their System Debugger as Ready for Rational Software. The software validation shows that our product meet IBM Rational’s quality and integration guidelines, enabling a compatible and consistent user experience.
Our software is developed according to the Eclipse guidelines and can as such be integrated with products based on the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform and other Eclipse based products.

Read the White Paper on System Debugging

The White Paper on System Debugging

by
Henrik Thane, Ph.D. and Kristian Sandtröm, Ph.D.

Abstract

In a world of computers with ever increasing complexity and pervasiveness, there is an increasing need for debugging methods that can tackle system level faults, where reproducibility and observability of multiple interacting programs and subsystems can be dealt with holistically, and where in field debugging is as important as predeployment debugging.
In this paper we describe System Debugging as the next step into which traditional debugging methods need to evolve in order understand complex failure situations, by means of holistically recording and replaying software and hardware faults.

System Debugger version 1.1 Released

The System Debugger version 1.1 has been released and is now available for download

http://www.zealcore.com/downloadpage.html

http://www.zealcore.com/download_eval_license.html


New features and bugfixes in the ZealCore System Debugger 1.1 release.
Focus for this release is to improve the error handling and usability.
Workspaces from System Debugger 1.0 are not directly compatible with 1.1

Changes in version 1.1 - 2007-10-10

NEW FEATURES
* Following views have been converted to editors:
- Timeline Browser (previously Event Timeline)
- Gantt Chart (previously Gantt)
- Text Browser (previously Text View)

* New Browsers for models and importers which support UML events
- Sequence Diagram
- State Diagram

* RCP Platform includes Eclipse Web Browser and Text Editor

* The RCP now has a System Debugger feature and branding plug-in

* Possible to change workspace in RCP

IMPROVEMENTS

* Search is now integrated in the Platform search, CTRL-H
* Improved Import Wizard
* Bookmarks View is renamed to Logmarks
* Updated icons
* Failed assertions are placed first in result list
* Improved managing of large search- and assertion results
* It is now possible to clear a set color from events and tasks

ZealCore lauches Pioneering Diagnostic Toolset

2007-06-19

The Swedish company ZealCore launches a new kind of tool for debugging of computer software. Using breakthrough recording and debugging technology, ZealCore radically accelerate development and troubleshooting of embedded systems software. Bugs can be found and eliminated faster in deployed systems at a dramatically reduced cost.

Press Release English

Press Release Swedish

Tom Rapaport Joins ZealCore as new CEO

2006-09-01

On September 1 Tom Rapaport began as new Chief Executive Officer for ZealCore Embedded Solutions AB. Tom has more than 20 years of experience from the IT-industry and comes from IFS Sverige AB where he recently held the position of regional manager and senior vice president.

ZealCore's former CEO, and founder, Henrik Thane remains as senior vice president, heading market development and technology research.

Press Release