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Integration Note: In-Sight And Powerlink, Communicating With B&R PLCs | v1.1

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Version: 1.1

Release Date: 04/16/2012

Language: English

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POWERLINK is a real-time Ethernet protocol for use in time-critical systems and high-performance applications, which uses a mixture of timeslot and polling procedures to achieve isochronous data transfer. This integration note describes the steps necessary to set up the communication with COGNEX In-Sight vision systems.

POWERLINK is a real-time Ethernet protocol for use in time-critical systems and high-performance applications, which uses a mixture of timeslot and polling procedures to achieve isochronous data transfer. This integration note describes the steps necessary to set up the communication with COGNEX In-Sight vision systems.