Vision Connector Specification

Vision Connector spec sheet

Portfolio
IndustrialAI
Product
Vision Connector
Software version
1.2.2
Language
en-US
ID Category Topic Description
1 General Information App version Latest 1.2.2 (July 2025)
    App artifact size (MB) 355 MB
    Reserved memory (MB) 1500 MB
    Siemens Industrial Edge Management version (downward compatibility) ≥ 1.14.9
    Industrial Edge Device version (downward compatibility) ≥ IED-OS version: simatic-ipc-ied-os-3.0.0-51-x86-64, IE Runtime version: 1.22.3-1
    Application Installation and operation prerequisite Layer 2 network configured on Industrial Edge Device
    Application Instances per Industrial Edge device 1
    Siemens Industrial Edge hardware IPC 227E, IPC 227G, IPC 427E, IPC 847E, IPC BX-39A, IPC BX-59A (only physical Industrial Edge devices are supported)

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ID Category Topic Description
2 User Interface Main Features available via the UI Add/delete camera
      Enable/disable camera
      Connect selected industrial cameras (list of tested camera below)
      Connect RTSP camera
      Unified cameras overview
      Live camera stream image visualization (UI refresh rate limited to 25fps maximum)
      Setting camera parameters (industrial cameras only)
      Enabling/disabling cameras
      Log visualization and download
      Plug-in based custom camera driver handling (upload, remove)
      Camera simulation via static images

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ID Category Topic Description
3 User Documentation Language English, German, Chinese

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ID Category Topic Description
4 Compatibility Tested Industrial Cameras Basler acA1300-60gc, Basler acA1600-60gm, Basler acA1920-25gc, Basler a2A2448-23gcBAS, Basler a2A2448-23gcPRO, Baslera2A2590-22g mBAS, Basler a2A2590-22g mPRO, Basler acA4024-8gc, Basler a2A4096-9gcBAS, Basler acA5472-5gc
    Tested RTSP Cameras D-LINK DCS 4612EK, HiLook IP-Kamera IPC-B149H
    Displayed Pixel Formats on Camera Stream view (All pixel formats are transmitted via ZeroMQ) Mono8, Mono16, BayerRG8, BayerRG10, BayerRG12, BayerBG8, BayerBG10, BayerBG12, BayerGB8, BayerGB10, BayerGB12, BayerGR8, BayerGR10, BayerGR12, RGB8, BGR8, YUV422Packed, YCbCr422_8, YUV422_YUYV_Packed

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ID Category Topic Description
5 Camera connectivity Multiple Camera Support Yes
    Max Simultaneous Camera Dependent on camera configuration and network capacity. Note: The maximum number of cameras that can be simultaneously used depends on camera configuration (frames per second), Pixel Format, Resolution, available host, and network link capacity available on the layer 2 network used for camera connection.
    Custom Camera Support Yes, Through VCA SDK

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ID Category Topic Description
6 Debug Usability Log levels Info, Warning, Error
    Filtering Possibility of filtering by log level and by source, or you can use a free-text-search in the UI
    Persistent logs retention period Time based: 30 days
      File size based log rotation: 10 MB / logfile
      Backup for file-size based log rotation: max.3 log file / component up to 60 MB
    Logs Download Yes (as compressed archive)

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ID Category Topic Description
7 Plugin-based custom camera drivers Plugin-based custom camera driver creation Supported via Vision Connector Drivers

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ID Category Topic Description
8 Camera simulation via static images Supported image types .png, .jpg, .bmp
    Output image format Mono8, RGB8, BGR8, BayerRG8, BayerBG8, BayerGB8, BayerGR8, YUV422Packed, YUV422_YUYV_Packed
    Image resize Yes
    Continuous image playback Yes
    Adjustable image playback frequency Between 0.01 and 200 fps

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9 Benchmark results Benchmark results Benchmark results presented here are only for reference and will be extended to additional types of Siemens Industrial Edge Devices and reference models for future versions

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ID Category Topic Description
10 Known issues Known issues Under certain camera setup conditions (hardware triggered, non-optimal network, multiple cameras) frame loss is possible and logged in log file.

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