# About the Controls & Vision category

**URL:** <https://community.br-automation.com/t/about-the-controls-vision-category/8935>\
**Category:** Controls & Vision\
**Created:** [November 6, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/about-the-controls-vision-category/8935 "2025-11-06T15:27:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kovarj](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/kovarj/32/537_2.png) [@kovarj](https://community.br-automation.com/u/kovarj)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/about-the-controls-vision-category/8935/1 "2025-11-06T15:27:58Z")

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Questions about PLCs, I/O, fieldbus, diagnostics, safety systems, and mapp Vision with X20, X67, and X90 hardware platforms.

#### ✅ **Why should people use this category? What is it for?**

This category is for questions related to control hardware, firmware, I/O configuration, fieldbus communication, diagnostics, and safety systems. It also includes topics around mapp Vision integration for control applications.

#### 🔍 **How exactly is this different than the other categories we already have?**

Unlike categories focused on software, motion, or visualization, this one targets the physical control layer — including PLC platforms (X20, X67, X90), fieldbus protocols (POWERLINK, EtherCAT, CANopen), and safety-related configurations. It also covers vision systems used in automation.

#### 📌 **What should topics in this category generally contain?**

- Hardware and firmware context (e.g., X20CP3686, mappVision version)

- Description of the issue or setup

- Steps taken and expected behavior

- Optional logs, diagrams, or screenshots

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**Author:** ![kovarj](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/kovarj/32/537_2.png) [@kovarj](https://community.br-automation.com/u/kovarj)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/about-the-controls-vision-category/8935/2 "2025-11-06T15:31:53Z")

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Adding a reply so that this post will not appear as an unsolved topic in the channel!