Standard Interface Development Manual

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When the vision system and external device communicate through the Standard Interface, developers can select different communication protocols and write command codes according to the corresponding guides.

Communication protocol Description Guide

TCP

The vision system acts as the server and supports multiple ports.

TCP/IP Interface Commands

UDP

The vision system acts as the server.

Not yet available

Siemens PLC Snap7

The vision system acts as the client and supports multiple DBs.

Siemens PLC Snap7

PROFINET

The vision system acts as the slave device.

PROFINET

EtherNet/IP

The vision system acts as the slave device.

EtherNet/IP Overview

Modbus TCP

The vision system acts as the slave device.

Modbus TCP

Mitsubish MC

The vision system acts as the client.

Mitsubishi MC

Application scenario with multiple ports or DBs: Connect multiple cameras to an IPC that communicates with an external device, enabling independent control of cameras and workstations through a single external device.

  • Communication over TCP protocol supports concurrent processing of project data with a maximum of four ports. If multiple ports on the IPC are connected with the robot side, you should modify the example program to ensure that the global variables are not shared by different ports.

  • Communication over Siemens PLC Snap7 protocol supports concurrent processing of project data with a maximum of four DBs.

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