ID News for the Manufacturing Professional

Although RS-232 and USB connectivity have proven to be robust in the harshest environments, they do not provide the advanced connectivity required for many factory networks.

Industrial Ethernet enables simple, yet powerful, connectivity and makes image-based code readers very easy to install, set up, and integrate.

Cognex DataMan® ID readers offer industrial protocol support for both fixed-mount AND handheld models—a first for an industrial handheld barcode reader!

Read the Industrial Connectivity
Tech Note to learn about easily
integrating Ethernet-based barcode
readers into your network.

The visualization option provided by image-based readers can help you understand how the reader is working, and more importantly, if there is a no-read, you can evaluate why and diagnose the issue sooner to prevent downtime later. This is something that laser scanners just cannot provide.

Watch this quick video to learn more.