• Interfacing with Cognex Connect

    Integrate into any Automation System

    Connectivity is essential to vision and barcode reading applications as a means to share data, support decision-making and enable highly-efficient integrated processes. Networking enables Cognex products to transmit pass/fail results to PCs for analysis, or communicate directly with PLCs, robots, and other factory automation devices in an integrated process control system.

    If you need to link your vision systems and barcode readers at the enterprise level, it is important to find a system that supports the complete set of standard networking protocols.

    This table summarizes just some of the communication capabilities of Cognex Connect™. Please download the Cognex Connect Guide to learn more.

     

      Factory Devices DataMan In-Sight  Protocol

    Protocol Type
    PLCs
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    		 B&R  

     •

    		 Industrial Ethernet
    Mitsubishi

     •

    		   MC Protocol Industrial Ethernet
       

     •

    		 Fieldbus
       

     •

    		 Pre-configured device commands and attributes
    Rockwell

     •

     •

    		   Industrial Ethernet
       

    •

    		 Fieldbus

     •

     •

     •

    		 Pre-configured device commands and attributes
    Siemens

    •

    •

    		 Industrial Ethernet

    •

    		  

    •

    		 Fieldbus

    Other
    Protocols
     
     

    •

    		   Industrial Ethernet

    •

    		  

    •

    		 Serial
       

    •

    		 Serial
       

    •

    		 Industrial Ethernet

    •

     •

     •

    		 Industrial Ethernet

    •

     •

     •

    		 Industrial Ethernet
    FTP Server  

     •

     •

    		 FTP FTP Image Transfer
    Robots

    ABB, Denso, FANUC, Kuka, Mitsubishi,
    Motoman
    & Staubli

    		     Pre-configured drivers
    and ASCII string commands    		 Serial/Ethernet
    Adept,
    Epson, IAI,
    Kawasaki, Nachi,
    Yamaha & other Robots    		     ASCII string commands Serial/Ethernet
     

    If you need to integrate inspection images, quality data and interactive
    controls into your own operator interface Cognex Connect gives you an
    array of visualization options:

    • In-Sight Display Control embeds an In-Sight image and CustomView
      display in your .NET or ActiveX compatible custom application, or a
      PC-based HMI/SCADA system from Rockwell, WonderWare, Citect
      and others.
    • In-Sight allows you to upload data to your HMI displays,
      SPC (Statistical Process Control) systems, plant supervisory systems, and
      even Microsoft Excel to monitor operations and record statistical data.
    • DataMan and In-Sight offer SDKs (Software Development
      Kit) to allow systems integrators to create a custom user interface
      for managing your systems, tailored to your exact requirements.