Cognex VisionView now available for PanelView Plus 6

Cognex VisionView has been around for many years as an application for your PC or as a standalone operator device, but now with the CE operating system exposed in the PanelView Plus 6; you can install VisionView CE to reduce clutter and make the integration more seamless.

VisionView Features

• Seamless Integration: Easily mix in with your existing plant floor Human Machine Interface.
• “Plug-and-Go” Configuration. No PC required.
• Automatic detection of any Cognex In-Sight vision system or DataMan 200 on your network.
• View up to nine vision systems in a tiled view.
• Displays full color images, with graphic overlays and operator controls.
• NEW.Last Failed Image View shows the current image and last failed image side-byside.
• NEW.Filtered Image View: Ability to see filtered images from the cameras within the VisionView panel.
• NEW.Serial Touch Screen Drivers: are preinstalled to support various touch screen panels with VisionView VGA.
• Fast image updates provide the most recent inspection images.
• In-Sight CustomViews, operator controls created in the spreadsheet, automatically appear.
• In-Sight EasyView display. Items selected from In-Sight EasyBuilder® will appear with impressive ease of use.
• Run-time ability to train fonts. Ideal for OCR/OCV applications.

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RSLogix 5000 Statement for Windows 7

RSLogix 5000 versions 13 through 18 have not been qualified on Windows 7, but are known to operate correctly.  Versions 12 and earlier will not function on Windows 7.

The following configuration settings are suggested regarding versions 13 through 19 on both 32 & 64 bit versions of Windows 7:

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Update on Windows 7 32bit vs 64bit versions with Rockwell Software

Just some tidbits on some of the more commonly used RSI products:

Windows 7 - 32bit supports

• Logix 5000 v19 (available now)
• Logix 500 v8.3 (available now)
• Connected Components Workbench v1.0 (available now)
• FactoryTalk View 6.0 (available now)
• RSLinx Classic v2.57 (available now - limited drivers)
• RSLinx Enterprise v5.3 (available now - limited drivers)

Windows 7 - 64bit supports

• Logix 5000 v19 (available now)
• Logix 500 v8.x (available end of 2011)
• Connected Components Workbench v2.0 (available end of 2011)
• FactoryTalk View 6.1 (available Sept 2011)
• RSLinx Classic v2.57 (available now - limited drivers)
• RSLinx Enterprise v5.3 (available now - limited drivers)

RSLinx Classic 2.57 driver list:

RSLinx Enterprise 5.3 driver list:

For a complete list of Rockwell Software products and compatibility - see knowledgebase article 42682

For a complete list of RSLinx Classic & Enterprise driver compatibility - see knowledgebase article 58963

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RSLinx not Appearing in Windows 7

After installing RSLinx Classic v2.57 in Windows 7 Pro (either 32 or 64 bit), the program doesn't seem to run?

RSLinx Classic defaults to starting as an application. If RSLinx Classic is running as a service, there is no graphical user interface (GUI).  If you need to configure RSLinx Classic, you must be in application mode. To switch between running as a service or application use the RSLinx Classic Launch Control Panel.

Start>All Programs>Rockwell Software>RSLinx>RSLinx Classic Launch Control Panel

How to use a newer version of FTView Studio to work with older versions of PanelView Plus firmware.

The correct steps to develop and run an pre-version 6 firmware on a FTView Studio V6 development software is as follows.

1). Have your FTView ME application open. Select ‘Application’ from the menu bar.

2). Select ‘Create Runtime Application’

3). Here select your runtime application name or type a new name like ‘my_v51_application’.

4). Next select the Save as Type Pull-down. Here choose which firmware version you want to compile for. Then click ‘Save’. Your runtime application will begin to compile.

To Import mer application into an older version FTView Studio on another computer

1). Select ‘Tools’ from the menu bar.

2). Click ‘Application Manager’ Select Machine Edition and click ‘Next’.

3). Select ‘Restore runtime application’ at the bottom of the list.

4). Choose the .mer file you just created and select ‘Restore the runtime application’ Note: If you desire the Factory Talk Local Directory to be imported this will overwrite the existing   information which may not be desirable.

5). Enter a name for the new application. This will be the name it is displayed in your projects list. Click ‘Finish’. The new application will be created.

To Download to a PanelView Plus terminal

1). Select ‘Tools’ from the menu bar.

2). Click ‘Transfer utility’ The Transfer utility will open. Select the .mer file you just created and select the PanelView Plus terminal you want to download too.

3). Click the ‘Download’ Button your application will begin to transfer to the terminal.

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PanelView Plus version 6 is now available!

Rockwell Automation is now shipping the new PanelView Plus version 6 platform. This new platform uses the Microsoft Windows CE 6.0 operating system. All prior releases of CE were constrained by a 32 megabyte processing limit, restraining applications’ size and performance. Hardware advancements were also critical and have advanced from 650MHz to 1GHz processor and from 64Mb flash/ram to 512 Mb flash/ram. These changes along with feature enhancements are all part of the PanelView Plus 6. Further enhancements include the following:

· Complete Symbol Factory Library

· Built-in PDF viewer

· Remote recipe and data management with ability to save data in .csv format

· Last-Known-Good (LKG) and Factory Default Reset Function

· Built-in full-Unicode font to support multiple languages with a single run-time application

· Greater connectivity to peripherals

The PanelView Plus version 6 has new part numbers, please contact your Kendall salesperson or specialist for pricing and configuration information.

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FactoryTalk View SE/ME v6.0 available!

FactoryTalk View SE and ME version 6.0 is now available as a web release. This new version can be downloaded from the Rockwell Software Updates page for those of you with a current TechConnect contract.

FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 6.0 includes:

• Windows 7 Professional support - FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 6.0 supports Windows 7 Professional as well as Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

• Symbol Factory included - A graphics library with over 5,000 quality graphic images. Approximately 4,000 of which are vector graphics. Support for drag-and-drop as well as copy and paste onto native FactoryTalk View display.

• Faceplates and AOIs - Rockwell Automation Faceplates and AOIs provide users with content that can help them implement applications more efficiently. The content delivered includes faceplates and associated AOI instructions for I/O diagnostics, Rockwell Automation Drive control and diagnostics, and Network diagnostics.

• PanelView Plus 6 support - FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 6.0 supports PanelView Plus 6 as well as PanelView Plus and PanelView Plus CE.

• Expanded functional capability - Rockwell Automation ActiveX suite loaded and pre-registered in PanelView Plus 6 and with FactoryTalk View Studio to speed application development.

  • Program Launcher - Allows FactoryTalk View Machine Edition application to launch a program (.exe).

  • DataStorePlus - Read and Write data from or to a CSV log file with file management and periodic logging features.

  • Recipe - Manages recipes stored in CSV files

  • MEIP_Info - Writes PanelView Plus terminal TCP/IP information to tags.

  • Set Bit Cursor Point - Emulates the Set Bit Cursor Point object in PanelView Enhanced terminals.

  • MacroTen - Reads ten tags' values, then writes the values to ten different tags; supports parameter use.

  • Custom String Pop-up Keyboard - Assign keys to a keyboard pop-up to support different languages, i.e. Chinese, French, etc.

  • DisplayP - Allows legacy applications (v5.0 and older) to remotely open and close displays.

• Support V18 Data Access Control Capability - Tag's External Access attribute defines how an external application can access a tag. Possible values are read/write, read-only, none (no access).

• Main Display automatic creation support - When creating an ME application with FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 6.0 studio, Main Display is created automatically.

• No support for creating a ME 6.0 application for PVP Compact or PVP 400 - 600 - When you generate a .mer file for PVP compact or PVP 400-600, you can only create a file of version 5.1 or before.
  

FactoryTalk View Site Edition 6.0 includes:

• Roll up of patches created since the FactoryTalk View Site Edition 5.10 release.

• New operating system support:

  • Windows 7 Professional

  • Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

  • Windows Vista Business Service Pack 2

• Symbol Factory - A graphics library with over 5,000 quality graphic images is now included.

• Enhanced Animation options - The Color Animation tab offers more variety and creativity in animating display objects.

• RSLogix 5000 v18 - Now supports External Access

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