Content Summary
Cognex Designer accelerates the creation of vision applications, leveraging the robust VisionPro tool library in a user-friendly, graphical environment. It simplifies development and maintenance, eliminating the need for scripting or programming by allowing users to easily assemble interfaces through component placement. The latest version introduces communications plugins for OPC UA, ModBUS, and Beckhoff TwinCAT, along with an FTP Client for image and file storage and access.
Cognex Designer makes it faster to build complete vision applications and allows developers to more easily take full advantage of the powerful VisionPro tool library. A graphical, block diagram-based programming environment reduces development cycles and enables easier application maintenance and support.
Cognex Designer makes it easy to develop, deploy, and maintain vision applications without needing scripting or programming. Powerful interfaces can be built easily by dropping components onto a page.
This release is for use with VisionPro 9.5 SR2. This release includes:
- Train patterns in the WebHMI. Edit search region and train patterns during runtime, even remotely, in a web browser (pixel space only).
- New shared project resources between development and deployed projects. Debug deployed projects in the development project space.
- New sample plugins allow the user to create custom task blocks, HMI elements, or HMI chart control elements.
- Ease of use enhancements include the Web Pages Browser which allows users to quickly access list of WebHMI pages. Auto Pin Creation from task editor and tag manager assigns a pin to a page or web page control.