Product category:
Vision and scanning systems
News Release from: Cognex UK | Subject: VisionPro, an ActiveX-based software environment
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 March 2002
Software development speeds vision
applications
An ActiveX-based software development environment dramatically speeds the development of advanced vision applications in manufacturing.
Cognex, the world's leading supplier of machine vision systems, today introduced VisionPro, an ActiveX-based software development environment that dramatically speeds the development of advanced vision applications Ideal for systems integrators, OEMs, and advanced manufacturing engineers who need to minimise development time, VisionPro provides a flexible, graphical programming environment in which applications can be prototyped and developed in a fraction of the time it takes with conventional programming
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 28 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"From completion of a feasibility study to getting a completed system up and running on a customer's plant floor can take us up to a month with C++ programming," said John Lee from Zmation, a Portland, Oregon-based automation systems integration firm.
"With VisionPro, it will take less than a week due to its ActiveX compliance." "In addition to enabling fast prototyping, many users want the flexibility to develop highly customised vision solutions," said Peter Neve, Director of Marketing - International Operations for Cognex.
"VisionPro eliminates the tradeoff between ease of use and flexibility, allowing users to easily go between graphical development and lower-level, advanced programming languages." VisionPro provides a drag-and-drop graphical interface for prototyping vision applications using ActiveX controls.
Once configured, these controls are easily converted into Visual Basic, where they can be used directly in a deployable application, or customised in Visual Basic or C++.
VisionPro's COM/ActiveX software architecture enables third party components for process control, I/O, and machine control to be easily added to the vision application.
VisionPro is available on a variety of Cognex frame grabbers, including the company's new digital frame grabber with high-resolution CMOS camera, as well as packaged systems requiring no PC.
Each system features a comprehensive library of proven Cognex vision software tools, including the company's industry-leading PatMax technology for locating objects despite changes in angle, scale, or appearance. Request a free brochure from Cognex UK ...
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