Adapter Communication

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After you learn basic concepts in Adapter Communication, complete adapter communication tasks in the actual application deployment process based on your actual business requirements and your external device.

This manual describes only the communication tasks in the deployment process. For details of other tasks in the deployment process, see application deployment documents.

Task	Description
Write adapter programs for the vision system	Adapter programs connect external devices with the vision system. Adapter programs communicate with Mech-Vision and Mech-Viz internally and robots, PLCs, or host computers externally. Adapter programs are written in Python by using one of the following methods: Use Adapter Generator (supported only for TCP communications) to generate adapter programs and then write commands that boast more features based on Adapter Programming Guide. Write adapter programs from scratch based on Adapter Programming Guide.
Set up the adapter communication	Configure adapter programs in the vison system to make sure that the adapter communication is supported in the vision system. For more information, see Quick Facts of Adapter.
Write programs for external devices	External device programs obtain the object information or robot motion path from the vision system and guide the robot, PLC, or host computer to perform operations accordingly.

Task

Description

Write adapter programs for the vision system

Adapter programs connect external devices with the vision system. Adapter programs communicate with Mech-Vision and Mech-Viz internally and robots, PLCs, or host computers externally.

Adapter programs are written in Python by using one of the following methods:

Use Adapter Generator (supported only for TCP communications) to generate adapter programs and then write commands that boast more features based on Adapter Programming Guide.
Write adapter programs from scratch based on Adapter Programming Guide.

Set up the adapter communication

Configure adapter programs in the vison system to make sure that the adapter communication is supported in the vision system. For more information, see Quick Facts of Adapter.

Write programs for external devices

External device programs obtain the object information or robot motion path from the vision system and guide the robot, PLC, or host computer to perform operations accordingly.

Adapter Communication

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