<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from Cimetrix
Incorporated  financial statements and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
       
                             
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<PERIOD-END>                                   SEP-30-1998
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