1. Managing Network Devices with Cognex Connect Eric Hershberger Senior Applications Engineer

2. 2 | Confidential © 2012 Cognex Corporation

3. 3 | Confidential © 2012 Cognex Corporation Vision Area Networks  All Cognex products are designed to take advantage of full Ethernet technology  Share images, results, and data in real-time  Used with PLCs, robots, PCs, and an HMI or SCADA system

4. 4 | Confidential © 2012 Cognex Corporation Communicating with a PLC  TCP/IP, FTP, Telnet (Standard)  EtherNet/IP, PROFINET (Industrial)  Modbus/TCP, DeviceNet, Profibus (Fieldbus)

5. 5 | Confidential © 2012 Cognex Corporation Robot Communications  Communication is usually done via serial or Ethernet communication  Robot drivers and sample code - facilitate integration  World-class vision tools - for part identification, inspection and measurement applications

6. Rockwell – Allen Bradley PLC Eric Hershberger Senior Applications Engineer

7. 7 | Confidential © 2012 Cognex Corporation Communications Options Ethernet/IP (EIP)  Based on Ethernet TCP/IP  Uses the TCP/IP address of camera  Requires EIP Communications Card or Processor DeviceNet  Legacy Communications but still in use  Additional Hardware needed  Additional Custom Programming

8. 8 | Confidential © 2012 Cognex Corporation Rockwell PLC Terminology Electronic Data Sheets (EDS)  Defines network modules for RSLinx Add-On Profiles (AOP)  RSLogix 5000 only  Defines communications and tag settings for implicit messaging to network modules

9. 9 | Confidential © 2012 Cognex Corporation Explicit & Implicit Messaging Explicit  Unscheduled  Uses a request/response communications procedure  EX: Job change, Native Mode Commands for In-Sight Implicit  Scheduled, time critical  Uses a requested packet interval (RPI) to specify when data update  EX: Control, Status, Data Transmission Note: Not all models support Explicit and Implicit messaging. Check with Allen Bradley to verify

10. 10 | Confidential © 2012 Cognex Corporation Software Versions - Rockwell Allen Bradley RSLogix 5000  Used with CompactLogix and ControlLogix  Version 15 and higher  AOP included with version 20+ In-Sight Explorer  Version 3.4 and higher

11. 11 | Confidential © 2012 Cognex Corporation Module Definition Without AOP

12. 12 | Confidential © 2012 Cognex Corporation Data Layout With AOP

13. 13 | Confidential © 2012 Cognex Corporation Samples and Examples C:\Users\Public\Documents\Cognex\In-Sight\In-Sight Sample Projects Included with In-Sight Explorer installation  Integer Data example with job files/images  Float data example with job files/images  2D matrix code example with job files/images

14. 14 | Confidential © 2012 Cognex Corporation Where to go for help!

15. 15 | Confidential © 2012 Cognex Corporation AOP Integration Demonstration

16. 16 | Confidential © 2012 Cognex Corporation Questions?