Natick, MA, September 20, 2005—Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ - CGNX), the world's leading supplier of machine vision sensors, today announced new software for its award-winning In-Sight® vision sensors. The new software improves workflow, eases integration, and speeds deployment of vision sensors on the factory floor:
- In-Sight Explorer 3.1 now features the familiar Microsoft® Windows® XP look and feel and supports the use of industry-standard OPC communication tags.
- In-Sight OPC Server makes it easier than ever to exchange data with other OPC programs and systems including programmable logic controllers (PLCs), distributed control systems (DCS), and distributed I/O networks.
- In-Sight ActiveX Display Control allows users to easily integrate In-Sight images and display graphics into third-party HMI and SCADA packages.
“This new software enables customers to realize tremendous productivity gains during development and integration by making it easier to display images and use data generated by In-Sight vision sensors for machine monitoring, supervisory control, and statistical process control,” said Kris Nelson, Cognex Senior VP, Vision Sensors.
The In-Sight Explorer 3.1 trial software is available online at www.cognex.com/insight .
About Cognex
Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets machine vision systems and machine vision sensors, or computers that can "see."
Cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 275,000 vision systems, representing over $1.9 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, and plastics.
In addition to its corporate headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, Cognex also has regional offices and distributors located throughout North America, Latin America, Japan, Europe, and Southeast Asia.
Visit Cognex on-line at www.cognex.com .
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