The Impact Acquire SDK is a comprehensive software library that can be used to develop applications using the devices described in this manual. A wide variety of programming languages is supported.

For developers using C, C++, .NET, Python or Java, separate API descriptions can be found on the Balluff website:

• Impact Acquire C API
• Impact Acquire C++ API
• Impact Acquire Java API
• Impact Acquire .NET API
• Impact Acquire Python API

Compiled versions (CHM format) might already be installed on your system. These manuals contain chapters on

• how to link and build applications using Impact Acquire
• how the log output for devices is configured and how it works in general
• how to create your own installation packages for Windows and Linux
• a detailed API documentation
• etc.