An industrial Ethernet configuration tool with preview capabilities is disclosed herein. An example implementation includes a computing device for executing an application, the application operable to configure a machine vision job, wherein configuring the machine vision job includes: (1) configuring at least one tool to be executed by the imaging device during an execution of the job; (2) configuring an output data stream based on the at least one tool, the output data stream being formatted for communication to the a third-party computing device; and (3) displaying a representation of an output message, the output message being formed based on: (i) the configuring the output data stream, and (ii) previously acquired job run data, the output message being a representation of a transmission of a message from the imaging device to the third-party computing device.