What old Matrix Vision product designations are there and what are the corresponding Balluff type codes?
Introduction
Since all Matrix Vision products were blue, all Matrix Vision cameras begin with the prefix mvBlue (mv for Matrix Vision and Blue for the blue housing). After the mvBlue comes the product family name, which was used for the connection interface:
- FOX for USB, more precisely
- FOX2 for USB 2.0
- FOX3 for USB 3.0
- COUGAR for Gigabit Ethernet
- NAOS for PCI Express
These were also the names that were communicated to the world in terms of marketing and are still familiar to customers and the industry.
Product families in detail
The following table shows which names are still in circulation, what the corresponding Balluff type code is and where details of the different order codes can be found.
| MATRIX VISION Name | Balluff type code | Interface | Link to the order code comparison tables |
| mvBlueFOX2 | - | USB 2.0 | Manual - Chapter "Order code nomenclature" |
| mvBlueFOX2-M | - | USB 2.0 / Board level | Manual - Chapter "Order code nomenclature" |
| mvBlueFOX-IGC | BVS CA-IGC | USB 2.0 | Manual - Chapter "Order code nomenclature" |
| mvBlueFOX-MLC | BVS CA-MLC | USB 2.0 / Board level | Manual - Chapter "Order code nomenclature" |
| mvBlueFOX3-1 | BVS CA-SF1 | USB 3.0 | Manual - Chapter "Order code nomenclature" |
| mvBlueFOX3-M1 | BVS CA-SF1 | USB 3.0 / Board level | Manual - Chapter "Order code nomenclature" |
| mvBlueFOX3-2 | BVS CA-SF2 | USB 3.0 | Manual - Chapter "Order code nomenclature" |
| mvBlueFOX3-M2 | BVS CA-SF2 | USB 3.0 / Board level | Manual - Chapter "Order code nomenclature" |
| mvBlueFOX3-3 / BF3-3M | BVS CA-SF3 | USB 3.0 / Board level | Manual - Chapter "Order code nomenclature" |
| mvBlueFOX3-4 / BF3-4 | BVS CA-SF4 | USB 3.0 | Manual - Chapter "Order code nomenclature" |
| mvBlueFOX3-5 / BF3-5M | BVS CA-SF5 | USB 3.0 / Board level | Manual - Chapter "Order code nomenclature" |
| mvBlueCOUGAR-X | BVS CA-GX0 | Gigabit Ethernet | Manual - Chapter "Order code nomenclature" |
| mvBlueCOUGAR-XD | BVS CA-GX2 | Dual Gigabit Ethernet | Manual - Chapter "Order code nomenclature" |
| mvBlueCOUGAR-XT / BVS CA-GT1 | BVS CA-GT1 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet | Here the cameras have the identical order code. |
| mvBlueNAOS2 / BVS CA-BN2 | BVS CA-BN2 | PCI Express | Here the cameras have the identical order code. |
| mvBlueNAOS4 / BVS CA-BN4 | BVS CA-BN4 | PCI Express | Here the cameras have the identical order code. |
| mvBlueGEMINI | BVS SC | Smart camera | - |
Findability on the website
In addition to the manuals, which contain the information and order codes for the old marketing names, the old marketing name can also be entered in the search on the website. The product group and product family pages are displayed as search hits; here in the example of mvBlueCOUGAR-X:
The old marketing name is also displayed in the master data sheet on the website and the old order code is also displayed after a completed configuration: