Convert an In-Sight Explorer VGR Job

You can convert existing VGR Vision-Guided Robotics is an In-Sight Spreadsheet feature that uses machine vision to guide robot motion through Robotics String Functions and VGR commands. jobs from In-Sight Explorer to In-Sight Spreadsheet using the In-Sight Job A job is a user-configured program in In-Sight Spreadsheet consisting of functions and designed for specific applications. You can create and edit jobs using the In-Sight Spreadsheet interface, and load them on a vision system for deployment in a live environment. Converter, which you can find on the Cognex Support site.

The Job Converter can significantly reduce the time required to recreate an In-Sight Spreadsheet job from an In-Sight Explorer job. However, manual adjustments are still necessary, and you must perform thorough verification and testing before you can use the converted job in production.

For more information about the Job Converter, see Convert In-Sight Explorer Jobs into In-Sight Vision Suite Jobs.

Known Limitations and Required Adjustments for VGR

Affected Area	Possible Issue	Solution
Coordinate References	getRow() and getCol() become getY() and getX() in In-Sight Spreadsheet. Some VGR cells can swap X and Y references during conversion.	Verify that X references use getX() and Y references use getY(). Correct if necessary.
WriteDevice Behavior	In In-Sight Explorer, Event 1 can auto-trigger output. In In-Sight Spreadsheet, the event must be explicitly linked.	Confirm that WriteDevice is linked to an event and triggers as expected.
Event Numbers	Soft event values changed between In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Spreadsheet.	Reselect or verify correct event values after conversion.
Acquisition Acquisition is the process or result of the vision system acquiring a new image. Settings	In-Sight Explorer acquisition settings (A0 cell) convert to the In-Sight Spreadsheet Acquisition tab. Some values may not transfer correctly.	Reset and manually verify acquisition settings in In-Sight Spreadsheet.
Saved Cell Data	Stored data inside cells, such as training data or runtime values, is not converted.	Re-enter, retrain, or recalibrate as required.
PartID Handling	Auto-increment behavior differs in In-Sight Spreadsheet. Duplicate PartIDs may cause #ERR.	Verify each PartID is unique after conversion.
Fake Acquisition	Not supported in In-Sight Spreadsheet.	Jobs that relied on saved images for acquisition in In-Sight Explorer must be reworked.