The highlights at a glance

• Flexible reading of many fonts without time-consuming teach-in
• Fast and reliable reading (up to 1000 reads per minute) for high-speed applications
• Reading and comparing of plain text and machine-readable code in the same image field
• Automatic text localization without the use of predefined areas means that text can be read even when its position varies
• Automatic line detection for max. 5 freely definable image regions with max. 15 lines
• Automatic character height recognition between 15 and 55 pixels
• Individual parameter settings can be stored for max. 5 freely definable image regions
• Reading of mirrored, rotated and inverted text
• A number of filter and comparison functions produce a stable read result
• Flexible retrofitting of the text recognition function via the Automation License Manager of SIMATIC
• Simple integration in the automation environment, e.g. via function block of the SIMATIC MV440 devices