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EyeCheck Smart Cameras with PROFINET option

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EyeCheck Smart Cameras with PROFINET optionEVT, a global player in machine vision technology, announces that the EyeCheck smart camera series now supports PROFINET, a high level network for industrial automation applications. PROFINET defines a network structure for exchanging data, alarms and diagnostics with programmable controllers and other automation controllers on the factory floor. It is the open automation standard for these complex challenges.
PROFINET is compatible with TCP/IP and offers industrial protocols for real time data transmission. The combination of Profinet and EyeCheck smart cameras fulfills all the real-time demands relevant to the automation world, and is well-suited for sophisticated applications, such as those in motion control.
Advantages for machine vision with EyeCheck smart cameras with Profinet include:

  • data transmission of high-resolution images over high-speed connections without impacting production speeds.
  • the ability to span longer physical distances.
  • using point-to-point connectivity over Ethernet hubs.
  • allowing manufacturers to remove control systems and PCs from the floor and co-locate them in a controlled environment.
  • remote device management which allows tasks on the smart camera (including troubleshooting) to be controlled from anywhere a network connection is available.

The EyeCheck smart camera is a highly integrated optical inspection tool for controlling quality and to increase productivity. It comprises all the elements of an industrial machine vision system in a tiny smart camera style package.

EyeSens Vision Sensors now with Profinet option

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EyeSens Vision SensorsIn Addition to EtherNet/IP, the EyeSens vision sensors by EVT now also support the field bus standard Profinet IO. This allows communicate with both of the most common communication standards of industrial Ethernet.
With Profinet, it is possible to create solutions for product engineering, process automation, building automation as well as the whole spectrum of the drive and control technology or synchronous motion-control-applications.
For the EyeSens vision sensors, conformity class A (CC-A) was used. This class makes fast real time communication and control possible. All functions of the discrete Inputs and Outputs (Trigger, handshake as well as all results) can be communicated via Profinet.
The time and effort of installations are reduced considerably with Profinet, especially in big plants with numerous sensors and actuators. First, there is no need for the complex IO-cabling of every single sensor. Secondly, the network integration is configured easily via drag-and-drop-function.
The EyeSens vision sensors contain specific EyeVision commands and are available for various applications such as OCR/OCV or bar code reading, object detection, pattern matching, measurement technology, color control, etc. The compact cameras are equipped with either lens and illumination or as a C-Mount version.