Licenses

Every vision tool requires at least one enabled license on your Cognex security device, and some vision tools require multiple licenses. For example, the ID tool requires a combination of the licenses VProX.Barcode, VProX.Symbol, or VProX.SymbolVerifyBasic to locate 1D or 2D symbologies, depending on the needs of your vision application.

VisionPro Tool Licenses Notes

GigE Vision Acquisition

 

(AcqFifo Tool and QuickBuild Image Source)

VProX.Cam2: Up to 2 cameras
VProX.Cam4: Up to 4 cameras
VProX.Cam8: Up to 8 cameras
VProX.CamMulti: Unlimited number of cameras
VProX.SWAcquisition: Up to 8 GigE Vision cameras
VProX.SWAcquisition overrides
VProX.Cam8
Cognex Industrial Cameras (GigE Vision) VProX.CamCICGigE Must also include one of the following licenses:
VProX.Cam2,
VProX.Cam4,
VProX.Cam8,
VProX.CamMulti, or
VProX.SWAcquisition

Any GigE Vision camera

VProX.CamAnyGigE

Must also include one of the following licenses:
VProX.Cam2,
VProX.Cam4,
VProX.Cam8,
VProX.CamMulti, or
VProX.SWAcquisition

Affine Transform Tool    
Blob Tool VProX.Blob  
CalibImageCorrector    
CalibNPointNPoint    
Caliper Tool VProX.Caliper  
Checkerboard Calibration Tool VProX.Calib Other Calibration and Fixturing tools do not check the VProX.Calib license.
Copy Region Tool    
CNLSearch Tool VProX.CnlSearch

VProX.CnlSearchSM

VProX.CnlSearchSM
for using search regions smaller than 8x8.
DLRuntime Tool N/A You must install VisionPro Deep Learning 2.0 or greater to use this tool
Dimensioning Tools VProX.Dimensioning

Fit/Find Line tools

Fit/Find Circle tools

Fit/Find Ellipse tools

Find Corner Tool

Fixture Tool    
FixtureNPointNPoint    
Geometry Tools    
Histogram Tool    
ID Tool

VProX.Barcode: 1D symbologies

VProX.Symbol: 2D symbologies

VProX.SymbolVerifyBasic: Data Matrix symbols with any process control metric enabled

 
Image Average    
Image File Tool    
Image Processing Tools

VProX.GMorph

(ICogIPOneImageGreyMorphology only)

Other Image Processing tools do not check this license
LineMax Tool

VProX.LineMax

VProX.LineMaxMulti

VProX.LineMaxMulti for multi-line finding and edgelet-only return
OCRMax Tool

VProX.OCR: 8-bit images

VProX.OCR & VProX.16BitTools: 16-bit images

 
OCVMax Tool VProX.OCVMax  
PixelMap Tool    
PMAlign Tool

VProX.PatMax

VProX.PatQuick (PMAlign tool using only the PatQuick algorithm)

VProX.PatFlex

VProX.PatMax includes the PatQuick and Perspective PatMax algorithms
PMAlign Tool
16-bit (PatMax algorithm)

VProX.PatMax & VProX.16BitTools

 
PMAlign Tool
16-bit (PatQuick algorithm)

VProX.PatQuick & VProX.16BitTools

 
PMRedLine Tool VProX.RedLine  
SmartLine VProX.SmartLine  
Two-Image Add Tool    
Two-Image MinMax Tool    
Two-Image Subtract