# About Station Manager

Station Manager is a performance monitoring tool that collects and analyzes data generated by Cognex devices. Station Manager provides reader statistics, no read images, trigger details, and configuration changes for all connected devices.

The Station Manager solution is a software package running on a virtual machine, accessible through a browser-based user interface that provides access to the Station Manager functions.

Station Manager provides the following features through the UI:

- Performance Analytics
  - Dashboard
  - Results Explorer
- Events
  - Configuration Change History
- Reporting
  - Generate
- Provisioning
  - DataMan
  - Remote Subnets
- Device Management
  - DataMan
  - Feature Keys
- Archiver
  - Download Center
- Settings
  - Edge Device
  - MQTT Forwarding
  - DataMan WebHMI
  - Firmware Upgrade
  - HTTPS
- User Management
  - Users
  - Roles
- Single Sign-On
  - Identity Provider Configuration
  - Role Mapping
- Cloud Forwarding
  - Connections
  - Connection Manager
- Data Transfer
  - Data Forwarding
- Notification Center
- Licensing
  - Update

Supported DataMan readers compatible with Station Manager:

Device | Minimum Firmware Needed
--- | ---
DM 260 series | 5.7.3 or higher
DM 370 series DM 470 series | 6.1.x or higher
DM 80 series DM 280 series | 6.3.x or higher
DM 380 series | 6.5.x or higher
DM 580 series | 6.4.x or higher