Vision System Connection Function - Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R16MTCPU Programming Manual

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Vision System Connection Function

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The Cognex In-Sight vision system can be connected to the PERIPHERAL I/F of the Motion CPU.
The vision system dedicated functions have been added to the Motion SFC program making it easy to control the vision
system from the Motion SFC program.
Refer to the Cognex vision system manual or help sections for details on the In-Sight
system integrating tool In-Sight
The following terms are used to explain the vision system connection function.
Term
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In-Sight Explorer
Log on/Log off
PoE
Native mode
TCP/IP
Job (Vision program)
Load
Trigger
Vision system status storage device
Program status storage device
Image data
Read value
Spreadsheet
Tag
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Explorer.
Description
Abbreviation for Cognex vision system integrating tool In-Sight
Procedure to connect/disconnect the communication to the vision system from the Motion CPU.
Abbreviation for Power over Ethernet. Method of supplying power via an Ethernet cable.
Vision system's communication method used to control the vision system from the Motion CPU.
One of vision system's communication protocol names.
Program that processes images in the vision system.
The process of developing a job file stored in the vision system into the memory in the vision system, and making it an
active job.
Start signal for acquiring images.
Device that stores the status of the vision system controlled by the Motion CPU.
Device that stores the status of jobs controlled by the Motion CPU.
Various data created by the vision system's image process. (Not images acquired by the trigger.)
Numeric data retrieved in addition to the image data.
A table (400 line  26 row) in which the job is written.
The program is created by writing the functions of various image processes, etc., in each spreadsheet cell.
Symbolic tag associated with the spreadsheet cells.
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vision system and Cognex vision
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Explorer (Version 4.3.0 or later).
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