Release Notes IDS NXT 3.1

Introduction

These release notes describe the new features and changes in the IDS NXT 3.1 release. This release updates the following components:

IDS lighthouse 3.1.0

You find the release notes for IDS lighthouse directly in IDS lighthouse: https://ids-lighthouse.ai/login/

IDS NXT OS 3.1

You find the release notes for IDS NXT OS 3.1.0 under Release Notes for IDS NXT OS 3.1.0

IDS NXT cockpit 3.1

This version of the IDS NXT cockpit supports Windows 10 64-bit (version 22H2) and Windows 11 64-bit (version 22H2).

New and changed functions

  • Support of scalar variables (Single Part Results) for OPC UA.

General improvements

  • The transfer to the FTP client is no longer automatically deactivated if the connection is interrupted. Transmission errors are stored in the logbook. If the file transfer fails repeatedly, a system status message is displayed.

Vision apps

Classifier 3.1.0

  • Support of the new CNN file extension *.rcla. Neural networks trained in IDS lighthouse for OS version 3.1.0 receive the new file extensions.

CNN Evaluator 3.1.0

  • Support of the new CNN file extensions *.rdet and *.rcla. Neural networks trained in IDS lighthouse for OS version 3.1.0 receive the new file extensions.

Object Detector 3.1.0

  • Support of the new CNN file extension *.rdet. Neural networks trained in IDS lighthouse for OS version 3.1.0 receive the new file extensions.

OPC UA Server

3.1.1

  • An error prevented the OPC UA Server from being stopped. This error has been fixed and the OPC UA Server can now be stopped again in the IDS NXT cockpit via the "Server" slider.
  • An error could lead to a crash of the OPC UA Server vision app if a vision app on the camera transmitted an empty result after image acquisition. This error has been fixed.

3.1.0

  • Support for scalar variables (Single Part Results) for easier access to programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
  • Vision app information, results, configurables, actions and info elements are now available as nodes.
  • The result processing has been optimised.

IDS NXT Vision App Creator 3.1

  • The IDS NXT API has been updated to version 3.1.0 so that you can program vision apps for IDS NXT OS 3.1.0.

Status: 2023-06-14