<s>
CIP-Tool	B-Application
(	O
Communicating	O
Interacting	O
Processes	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
tool	O
for	O
the	O
modelling	O
and	O
implementation	O
of	O
event-driven	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
especially	O
relevant	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
software	O
components	O
of	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
and	O
distribution	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
transferred	O
to	O
a	O
commercially	O
operating	O
spin-off	O
company	O
,	O
CIP-Tool	B-Application
,	O
based	O
in	O
Solothurn	O
,	O
Switzerland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CIP	B-Application
Tool	I-Application
has	O
been	O
over	O
taken	O
by	O
Actifsource	B-Language
GmbH	O
in	O
summer	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actifsource	B-Language
has	O
integrated	O
the	O
CIP	B-Application
Tool	I-Application
into	O
the	O
Actifsource	B-Language
workbench	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CIP-model	O
is	O
basically	O
a	O
finite	B-Architecture
state	I-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
,	O
or	O
more	O
precisely	O
,	O
an	O
extended	B-Application
finite	I-Application
state	I-Application
machine	I-Application
(	O
processes	O
can	O
store	O
and	O
modify	O
variables	O
and	O
can	O
use	O
these	O
to	O
enable	O
or	O
disable	O
transitions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CIP-model	O
is	O
sometimes	O
confused	O
with	O
petri	B-Operating_System
nets	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
CIP-Tool	B-Application
permits	O
models	O
to	O
be	O
automatically	O
converted	O
to	O
executable	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
the	O
languages	O
C/C	B-Language
++	I-Language
and	O
Java	B-Language
are	O
supported	O
as	O
output	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
