Kinesix Software Plays Vital Role in Recent

Test Launch for Moon/Mars Mission

~ Enables Visualization of State-of-the-art Rail System at

Vancouver Winter Olympics ~

HOUSTON – February 25, 2010– Today, Kinesix Software, a producer of graphical-user-interfaces for command-and-control applications, announced that The Canada Line, the new automated rail-based rapid transit service in Vancouver, is using Kinesix’s Sammi product for the graphical user interface portion of the rail lines’ command and control system.  The Canada Line is setting records, carrying 207,000 people per day at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

This driverless rapid transit system runs north-south, connecting downtown Vancouver with Richmond, the Vancouver International Airport and Sea Island.  The line covers 12 miles, both underground and above ground, and the project includes a bored tunnel, a cut-and-cover tunnel, and two-directional track running either side-by-side or stacked on separate decks. There are a total of 16 stations along the route and there are plans for expansion in the future.

Kinesix worked with its long-standing partner, Invensys Rail, to develop the command-and-control system for The Canada Line known as the SystematICS Integrated Control Center Solution. The SystematICS allows personnel in operational centers to view multiple dynamic graphic displays simultaneously and easily – which means they are able to understand exactly what is happening across the entire light rail line at all times. All while giving the operators immediate notice of any potential problems in an effort to save valuable time and money

while minimizing any down-time and increasing ROI. 

“Integrating numerous control functions into a single operational system requires

a human-machine interface capable of displaying huge volumes of streaming data across dozens of workstations.  Fortunately, Kinesix’s Sammi software has

made it possible for Vancouver to do just that, offering capabilities that meet very demanding requirements,“ said a representative from Invensys Rail Systems. 

Based on Kinesix’s well-established Sammi product, the system’s graphical-user interface allows operators in the transit-control center to access hundreds of dynamic displays including full color charts, graphs, meters, buttons, scales, menus and maps.  The displays allow personnel to view key data for multiple systems and train stations in numerous configurations.  Sammi uses a highly sophisticated runtime engine to ensure that Vancouver's workers are able to use these graphics across dozens of synchronized workstations in real-time. This runtime engine processes large amounts of back-end data from the various

transit control systems at once, feeding this data into any one of the hundreds of graphic displays supported by the SystematICS.   

Kinesix and Invensys Rail are not new to the high traffic volumes that happen during the Olympic Games.  The two companies have collaborated on several other successful mass-transit projects, most recently in North-East Asia for the Beijing Metro Line 5 Subway System, an 11 line expansion in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games. 

Kinesix is based in Houston, Texas. To learn more visit www.kinesix.com.

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