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 Tech Note to learn more.

	Factory Devices	DataMan	In-Sight	Protocol	Protocol Type
PLCs	B&R		■		Industrial Ethernet
	Mitsubishi	■	■	SLMP (Seamless Message Protocol)	Industrial Ethernet
			■		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. Windows^® CE operating system is not supported. 
• 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.