A couple months ago, my esteemed collegue Mary Gannon forwarded me an issue of a Machine Vision eNewsletter she gets from Pete Kepf, an AIA-Certified Vision Professional and consultant based in Louisville, Tennessee. I highly recommend his stuff: His advice to plant and design engineers on how to apply machine vision to get good results is very […]
Cognex
Cognex Explorer Control Center offers easy-to-learn interface
Cognex Corporation (www.cognex.com) has unveiled a unique utility that is specifically designed for production, control and maintenance engineers. Offering a unique point and click interface, the Cognex Explorer control center provides a graphical view of the Cognex vision systems, visualization systems and ID readers connected to the network. “The Cognex Explorer control center was designed […]
Cognex DataMan 8000 series integrates Ethernet, RS-232 and USB
Cognex Corporation (www.cognex.com) has introduced the all-new DataMan 8000 series, which is the wireless version of its DataMan handheld industrial ID scanner. Featuring Cognex Connect capabilities, the new wireless communication base station and module is offered for users with extended range cord free code reading applications. Aside from the traditional support for RS-232 and USB, […]
Cognex Connect provides ID readers industrial connectivity
Cognex Corporation (www.cognex.com) has announced the release of its Cognex Connect, which provides industrial protocol connectivity for hand held ID readers such as the Cognex DataMan 8000 ID readers, via PROFINET and EtherNet/IP support. Available in In-Sight vision system, Cognex Connect is an extensive collection of communication capabilities that is also offered in DataMan 200 […]
Cognex Connect supports Ethernet and industrial protocols
Cognex Corporation (www.cognex.com) is proud to announce the release of its all-new – a comprehensive suite of communication capabilities such as PROFINET and EtherNet/IP. It already comes with the DataMan 200 fixed-mount ID reader series and In-Sight vision systems. The Cognex Connect allows industrial connectivity for DataMan 8000 ID readers from Cognex via EtherNet/IP support […]
Cognex’s embedded vision systems support PLCs and HMIs
Cognex (www.cognex.com) is making a breakthrough in embedded vision systems that support programmable logic controllers (PLC) and human-machine interface (HMI) industrial protocols. Nowadays, if the manufacturing system of the customer has a Rockwell PLC, then the vision system must talk to it, said Rick Roszkowski, the company’s senior director of vision systems marketing, adding that […]
