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If you haven't already, have a look at Rockwell's Literature Library page Here's the 'Getting Results' manual: <http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/gr/2711-gr003_-en-p.pdf> Unfortunately, eveything else I've learned falls in the 'learn by doing' category.... Good luck! DW

There IS some cool freeware on his(her?) site, that can be downloaded. Trusty ol' Google for the other item...

Goodies like this are why I lurk here......

James! Best you'd give a few details on how you intend to communicate with the vision system first. The setup data part is pretty simple, if it's just 4 words per product. Most of the work (probably) will be to support the PanelView. Back to you.......