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    • Vision Guided Robotics Posted on: September 19, 2011
      Cimtec partners with small parts assembly customer to increase throughput while increasing quality.   Cognex machine vision integrated with Denso 6-axis robotics. Customer has hand assembled product since 1968 due in part to the very tight clearances of the components and the need to visually inspect these components prior to assembly. Engineering proposed and justified [...]
    • Notes from the Cognex Training Session Posted on: April 23, 2012
      Cimtec held a successful training session on Cognex Insight Machine Vision Sensors.  The four day session included hands on lab exercises based on both the EZ Builder and Spreadsheet programming interface.  Thanks to all the students and if you missed this session, join us in Greenville on July 24. Training Schedule  
    • Introducing the Cognex DataMan 50 and 60 (50L,50S,60L,60S) Posted on: April 12, 2013
      The DataMan 50/60L is a new series of compact barcode readers designed for 1-D oriented barcode reading. The DataMan 50/60S is a complementary, new series of compact readers designed for 1-D and 2-D barcode reading. Small in size but exceptional in barcode reading performance, the DataMan 50L measures just 23.5mm x 27mm x 43.5mm and [...]

Proficy Cimplicity and Windows 7

By Greg Harris | Published: June 16, 2011

Many of our customers have a corporate IT initiative to move to Windows 7.   In other cases they purchase new hardware and notice that Windows 7 is the only OS available.   Cimplicity version 8.1 provides full support for Windows 7.    Automatic configuration upgrades with Cimplicity are the best around.  We’ve converted version 3 to version 8.1 with no manual touch ups.

Don’t get caught with an old system that is not easily replaceable due to hardware availability.  Older Cimplicity versions (4,5) typically run on Windows NT machines and versions 6 and 7 run on XP.   Both these platforms are hard to find these days, so in the case of a hardware failure, buying a new PC and simply re-installing existing software may not be an option.  The best option is to upgrade proactively now while the older system is still functioning and you can do a side by side migration.

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