Cognex Designer Release Notes 4.3.1

Table of Contents Table of Contents Release Information Security Requirements for VisionPro About this Release PC Requirements Operating System Requirements Plugin Development Requirements Cognex Vision Controller Requirements Web Browser HMI Requirements About the Cognex ViDi Suite of Tools Migrating to this Release Resolved Issues Known Issues and Changes In Behavior Product and Upgrade Codes Supported Hardware Supported Acquisition Platforms and Communication Cards Supported Cameras and Sensors Designer Sample Projects Release History Cognex Designer 4.3 Release Cognex Designer 4.2 Release...

Release Information Release Information This section contains information about the current release of Cognex Designer and its release history. Security Requirements for VisionPro The latest release of VisionPro and Cognex Designer requires the latest VisionPro drivers and the latest supported VisionPro dongles, made by Wibu-Systems. Always consult the Cognex VisionPro web page or installation documentation for up-to-date information on what dongle to use with your current version of VisionPro. Note: Cognex Designer 4.3.1 works best with VisionPro 9.6. About this Release Cognex Designer 4.3.1...

Release Information Plugin Development Requirements The following requirements are necessary for developing plugins for Cognex Designer 4.3.1: l Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 Note: Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 is NOT supported on the Windows Embedded 8.0 OS used on Cognex Vision Controllers. For detailed information about working with plug-ins, see the How To... Plugins topic. Cognex Vision Controller Requirements For information regarding the Cognex Vision Controller requirements, please consult the Cognex Designer Support Website. The Technical Bulletins contain...

Release Information Note: For more information about migrating from earlier releases, see Release History on page 9. l Handling Components that were created and saved while using Cognex Designer with a different language. In case you are using a project that was created and saved with an earlier version of Cognex Designer (3.0 to 4.1) and with a different language setting than what you are using now, then any Components you have configured for the project will not be loaded in Cognex Designer 4.3.1. Instead, you have to re-add the missing Components manually. Resolved Issues Cognex Designer 4.3.1...

Release Information Changed image format shown on WebHMI As of release 4.3, Cognex Designer sends 8-bit grayscale images to Web Pages instead of 24bit grayscale images to improve performance. Change in the default As of release 4.3, the VisionPro Display control element has been enhanced to auto-fit the behavior of the images and graphics appearing on it. VisionPro Display element Updated .NET Framework version for Plugin development As of release 4.3, developing plugins for Cognex Designer requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 to be installed. New Garbage Collection Method As of release 4.1,...

Release Information Expression Builder function does not get updated. When an ItemAt($index, $array) function is constructed in the Expression Builder, it will only update the returned value when the value of the $index tag changes, or a new array is assigned to the $array tag. The following C# script statements illustrate how to trigger a value change event: $index++; $array = { "one", "two", "three" }; The following C# script statement will not trigger a value change event: $array[1] = "new value"; Test Mode changes on Pages persist in Program Mode If an element on a Page (e.g. CheckBox, TextBox,...

Release Information FFP Offline requested Task Triggers for "Online" and "Offline" status When implementing industrial communications protocols, consider that within Cognex Designer, the OfflineRequested event is mapped into both a scriptable point called FFP Offline Requested and a Task Trigger called Devices. {CommCardName}.FfpOffineRequested. During execution, if the OfflineRequested event is fired, it will run the script registered to the scriptable point called FFP Offline Requested. At this point, the user can access the ReturnToPreviousState member of the argument, and determine the state...

Release Information Tip: For additional information and sample codes and projects, please visit the Cognex Designer Support Site. A link to the Cognex Designer Support Site is also included in the Help menu. Note: Subject to Cognex Corporations terms and conditions and license agreement, you are authorized to use and modify this source project in any way you find useful, provided the Software and/or the modified Software is used solely in conjunction with a Cognex Machine Vision System. Furthermore you acknowledge and agree that Cognex has no warranty, obligations or liability for your use of...

Shared Project Resources: Share project resources between your development project and deployed application with the new Share Resources with IDE setting of the Deployment dialog. See the Deployment Options topic for more information. Test Mode Password: Protect your Cognex Designer Development project by specifying a password for exiting Test Mode. See the General topic for more information. Cognex Designer 4.2 Release Cognex Designer 4.2 introduces multiple new or changed capabilities since the previous generally available (GA) release (4.1 PR2). See the below list for more information. l Supports...

Project Types - Cognex Designer now supports drastically Accelerating Development With Predefined Project Types. With a single click, launch a fully defined project template that can be quickly customized. Project Types enable you to spend more time developing vision applications and less time creating HMIs or writing scripts. Getting Started Tutorials - Walk through every phase of creating a standalone Vision Application with the new Getting Started documentation section that lets you learn at your own pace, with only the content that applies to your needs. Cognex Designer 4.0 Release Cognex...