# Legacy Cognex camera

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/legacy-cognex-camera/29890>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 12, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/legacy-cognex-camera/29890 "2019-11-12T18:23:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![andor.izsak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@andor.izsak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andor.izsak)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/legacy-cognex-camera/29890/1 "2019-11-12T18:23:41Z")

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I am wondering if anyone has any experience with older cognex camaras that do not support their OPC server. For months now I have been testing with what I thought was the oldest model we need to support the In-Sight Micro 1000 and turns out we have loads of In-Sight 1000 which are just a bit older but no jobserver thus no OPC support.

Have not looked at the SDK, but I am hoping someone can steer me in the right direction and best practices, especially since I will have a loads of OPC connected (slam dunk) and some legacy devices, I would like to handle them as close as possible.

I understand the process will involve downloading a job via FTP and then perhaps over standard tcp enable “online mode”.

Any help would be much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/legacy-cognex-camera/29890/2 "2019-11-14T00:35:23Z")

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You don’t need a subscription to get firmware anymore. How far can you upgrade them?

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**Author:** ![andor.izsak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@andor.izsak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andor.izsak)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/legacy-cognex-camera/29890/3 "2019-11-14T08:28:32Z")

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2.7 they have 4mb of flash, so most definitely not OPC ready.