Vision Software Release, Expanded Hardware Options

Feb. 15, 2011

The company announces expanded hardware options with its VisionView CE software release that can be installed directly onto to Rockwell and Siemens CE panels.

Grant Gerke

The second announcement from the company is the release of VisionView 1.4. The software update includes functionality to support filtered images, the ability to view a failed image next to the current image, additional touchscreen drivers for the VisionView VGA model and Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit support. With the recent release, the software can now be used on four different hardware platforms: VisionView CE; VisionView PC; VisionView VGA and VisionView 700. The new software release offers all the standard features while the PC software provides choice of PC and monitor.

With the recent update, the last failed image view feature shows the current image and the last failed image side-by-side, and the filtered image view offers a display of filtered images on the panel. The new serial touch screen drivers are pre-installed to support various touchscreen panels with VisionView VGA. In addition to the Mitsubishi GOT panels, VGA now supports Advantech, Proface, ELO and 3M Microtouch panels.

Cognex Corp.
www.cognex.com/visionview

The effectiView eVD Series of panel computers are part of the effectiView family of HMI products. They offer the same look and feel, as well as mechanical compatibility, of the successful eV Series while the flexible and powerful Windows CE platform with its graphical user interface and communication capabilities. Microsoft® Windows® CE is a robust, compact, highly efficient, scalable operating system (OS) that is designed for a variety of embedded systems and products. Its multithreaded, multitasking, fully preemptive OS environment is designed specifically for hardware with limited resources.