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PPT VISION Products News April 28 , 2008 - IMPACT A20 Intelligent Camera Now Shipping PPT VISION, Inc. announces the new IMPACT™ A20 Intelligent Camera. The IMPACT A20, along with the bundled IMPACT Software Suite, delivers high-end machine vision power and flexibility in a vision sensor profile. The IMPACT A20 is industrially rugged yet compact, offering high-performance on-board image processing, a digital imaging sensor, real-time I/O and 256 MB of on-board memory. “This latest upgrade to our robust, conveniently sized and affordable A Series intelligent camera product line, the new IMPACT A20, provides our manufacturing customers worldwide with an unprecedented level of image processing power at this price point,” stated Mr. Joe Christenson, President of PPT VISION. “When combined with the deep image processing toolset and easy ability to build custom HMIs in the IMPACT Software, the IMPACT A20 represents a value proposition for manufacturing customers that is unmatched in the machine vision industry.” Included in the IMPACT Software Suite, the IMPACT Vision Program Manager (VPM) now has more than 120 tools, including OCR, blob analysis, circle gauge, circular pattern find, line find, sub-pixel gauging and many other advanced vision tools that allow users to create vision programs to suit a broad range of applications. A pre-configured operator panel is built within VPM so inspection data and pass/fail results can be displayed at the touch of a button, right within the same software application. Another IMPACT Software Suite tool, IMPACT Control Panel Manager (CPM), now comes with more than 60 fully-configurable controls, allowing users to create custom, professional control panels with multiple image displays, data charts, real-time inspection results with password-protected panels, frames and tabs. In addition, The IMPACT Software Suite comes with multi-language support. Users can create a language resource file in their local language such that all user-interface text within the software can be displayed in their local language. Completed resource files for Chinese, Japanese and German are currently available for distribution. Along with its powerful algorithms and one-of-a-kind, sophisticated, user-friendly software interface, the IMPACT A20 offers all the functionality of a high-end vision system in a sensor footprint. A broad array of discrete I/O, serial, Ethernet/IP™, TCP/IP, HTTP and ActiveX® communication protocols make the IMPACT A20 compatible with a full spectrum of industrial control equipment and instrumentation. To request additional information on the IMPACT A20 Intelligent Camera or to request a FREE copy of the IMPACT Software Suite, call 952-996-9500 or e-mail info@pptvision.com. ActiveX is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. April 28 , 2008 - IMPACT Software Update Including Kickstart IMPACT Software release 7.5 supports the newest addition to PPT's line of Intelligent cameras, the A20. This industrially rugged, compact, and affordable camera provides an unprecedented level of image processing power. Along with A20 support, this release also contains an Image Math tool that performs mathematical operations on image pixels. Other enhancements include improved speed performance for the Blob tool, and additional algorithm libraries in the OCR tool for improved flexibility and performance. To download the IMPACT 7.5 Software Update, click here and log in. To download the newest KickStart release, click here. Contact us for more details info@pptvision.com. February 25 , 2008 - IMPACT Software Update IMPACT Software release 7.4.1 contains a number of enhancements to Vision Program Manager (VPM) and Control Panel Manager (CPM). The primary addition to both is the ability to automatically save failing, passed, or all images during your inspection. VPM has a new Readers tool group that includes the new Barcode tool. This tool can read several common UPC style bar codes. The Data Matrix II tool now has better symbol size detection, location and extraction. You can choose to display a colored border around images on the Display tab, as well as the Task Setup panel. To download the IMPACT 7.4.1 Software Update, click here and log in. To download the newest KickStart release, click here. Contact us for more details info@pptvision.com. September 14, 2007 - IMPACT Software Update Including Kickstart The key enhancement in IMPACT Software release 7.3 is the ability to internationalize Vision Program Manager (VPM). All the messages and the text displays in the user interface can be displayed in your choice of languages. Additionally, when you enter text you can use your local language by changing the Input Locales setting in Windows, or by installing a version of Windows® that uses your language. This means you can now easily localize each IMPACT vision system installation. Contact us for more details info@pptvision.com. July 5 , 2007 - IMPACT Software Update Including Kickstart IMPACT software will now run on Windows Vista©. With a completely redesigned development interface, IMPACT Software release 7.2.3 now gives you the power to develop and use vision applications quickly and easily. First, develop your unique solution using any of the over 100 tools in Vision Program Manager (VPM). Second, use each tool's new Display setup to select, with a few mouse clicks, the inspection results you want to show the operator. Finally, VPM's new Display tab shows your inspection results in an easy-to-read format for quick action. A pie chart is even created automatically when you include the Pass/Fail tool in your inspection! Other new tools include a more intelligent Data Matrix tool, as well as the Adaptive Template, Counter, Line Find, and Reset tools. Contact us for more details info@pptvision.com. Jan 19, 2007 - IMPACT Software 7.1.0 Release IMPACT Software release 7.1 continues with the significant usability improvements begun in previous releases. Setup functionality has been added to many more tools (currently twenty three) which streamlines inspection configuration. Four new tools have been added: an enhanced Data Matrix tool, Character Contour Match tool, Binary Image Filter tool, Pass/Fail tool, and Pixel Fill tool. These new tools, along with other speed, display, and use enhancements, helps you more easily solve both complex and simple inspection tasks. info@pptvision.com