Software works with In-Sight vision sensors.
Press Release Summary:
In-Sight® Explorer(TM) hastens deployment of vision applications onto factory floor with tools to handle development, integration, monitoring, and management of vision sensors on line. Interface incorporates look and feel of Windows®-based applications and offers graphical environment designed for user input. Functionality is provided for connecting vision sensor, configuring vision application, operating vision system, and expanding vision network.
Original Press Release:
Cognex Unveils New Ease-Of-Use Software For In-Sight Vision Sensors
ALLEN-BRADLEY AUTOMATION FAIR, Milwaukee, WI and Natick, MA, November 18, 2003-Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ - CGNX), the world's leading supplier of machine vision systems and sensors, today unveiled In-Sight® Explorer(TM) for its award winning family of In-Sight vision sensors. Explorer combines easy development of vision applications with efficient administration of a vision sensor network, making the industry's most powerful vision sensors easier to use than ever before. By addressing all aspects of vision sensor implementation in a single, easy-to-use package, Explorer reduces the cost of ownership and speeds the deployment of vision applications onto the factory floor.
"In-Sight users have always had the advantage of developing their vision applications within a familiar spreadsheet environment," said Justin Testa, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Cognex. "In-Sight Explorer makes application development even easier and adds tools to handle integration, monitoring, and management of the vision sensors on the line. Simplifying development of vision applications and management of vision sensor networks will be of tremendous benefit to our In-Sight customers, whether they use one In-Sight sensor or one hundred."
The new In-Sight Explorer software includes a suite of development, management, and monitoring tools to make the entire vision application development cycle easy:
o Connecting a vision sensor-Explorer detects new In-Sight vision sensors on the network, and includes step-by-step wizards to make adding a new sensor easy.
o Configuring a vision application-Shortcuts, image zooming and panning, and integrated context-sensitive help speed user interface creation and make the powerful In-Sight spreadsheet even easier to use.
o Operating a vision system-Explorer provides security with independent password protection for multiple sensors, and allows simultaneous viewing of multiple screens.
o Expanding a vision network-Backup and duplication utilities speed deployment of additional vision sensors across new production lines linked by an Ethernet network.
o Maintaining, monitoring, and reporting-Network administration tools including report generation, file management and firmware updating make network and sensor management easy.
In addition to these benefits, In-Sight Explorer sports a user-friendly interface that achieves its ease-of-use by incorporating the familiar look and feel of standard Windows®-based applications. It offers a graphical environment designed for user input found commonly in industrial environments, including mouse, and keyboard.
Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets machine vision systems, or computers that can "see." Cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 175,000 vision systems, representing over $1.4 billion in cumulative revenue, since the company's founding in 1981. Cognex's Modular Vision Systems Division, headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, specializes in machine vision systems which are used for automating the manufacture of a wide range of discrete items and for assuring their quality. Cognex's Surface Inspection Systems Division, headquartered in Alameda, California, specializes in machine vision systems which are used for inspecting the surfaces of products manufactured in a continuous fashion, such as metals, paper, plastics, and nonwovens. In addition to its corporate headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, Cognex also has regional offices located throughout North America, Japan, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Visit Cognex on-line at www.cognex.com.
