Emerson PACSafe User manual

PACSafe™ Safety Controller
QUICK START GUIDE
GFK-3183 Rev. B
Jan 2021

iPACSafe™Safety Controller Quick Start Guide GFK-3183B
Contents
About this Guide....................................................................................... 1
Product Overview .................................................................................... 2
Designing a Sample Conguration............................................................ 3
Software Installation ................................................................................ 4
Software Features .................................................................................... 9
Designing a Conguration ...................................................................... 12
Dene the Project Settings ................................................................................12
Add Equipment .................................................................................................13
Create Connections ...........................................................................................15
Save the Conguration ........................................................................... 21
Conrm the Conguration...................................................................... 21
General Contact Information .................................................................. 23

ii PACSafe™Safety Controller Quick Start Guide GFK-3183B

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About this Guide
This guide is designed to help you create a sample conguration for the
PACSafe™ Safety Controller using the PACSafe™ Studio Software. For complete
information on mounting, device installation and operation, commissioning
checkout procedures, product specications, troubleshooting, and glossary,
please refer to the User Manual (p/n GFK-3184) and support documentation
for individual safety input and output devices. Use of this document assumes
familiarity with pertinent safety standards and practices as outlined in the
Manual.

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Product Overview
Figure 1: Features
Ethernet
Port
Micro USB
Port
Indicator
LED’s
Onboard Interface
Push Buttons
(Display)
Wiring
Ports

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Designing a Sample Conguration
The conguration process used in this guide provides basic understanding
of the software features that are necessary to create a conguration for any
application. The example conguration is based on a sample application which
makes use of the following devices: a PACSafe Safety Controller, an E-stop
button, a safety light curtain, an interlocked gate switch, and a manual reset.
The illustration below depicts these devices and additional safety equipment for
a sample robotic cell application.
Figure 2: Sample Robotic Cell Application
Gate Switches
E-Stop Buttons
Safety Light Curtain
Muting Indicator Lights
Manual Reset
Hazardous Area
Muting Sensors

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Software Installation
System
Requirements
Operating
system: Windows 101
System Type: 32-bit, 64-bit
Hard drive
space:
80 MB (plus up to 280 MB for Microsoft .NET 4.0, if not
already installed)
Memory
(RAM): 512 MB minimum, 1 GB+ recommended
Processor: 1 GHz minimum, 2 GHz+ recommended
Screen
Resolution:
1024×768 full color minimum, 1650×1050 full color
recommended
Third-party
software:
Microsoft .NET 4.0 (included with installer), PDF Viewer
(such as Adobe Acrobat)
USB port: USB 2.0 (not required to build congurations)
The PACSafe Studio Software can be downloaded from
https://emerson-mas.force.com/communities/en_US/Download/PACSafe-
Conguration-Tools.
1. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

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Important: Administrative rights are required to install the Safety Controller
drivers (needed for communication with the controller).
To install the software from the Emerson website:
1. Download the latest version of the software from
https://emerson-mas.force.com/communities/en_US/Download/PACSafe-
Conguration-Tools.
2. Navigate to and open the downloaded le.
3. Click Next to begin the installation process.
4. Conrm the software destination and availability for users and click Next.
5. Click Install to install the software.
6. Depending on your system settings, a popup window may appear
prompting to allow PACSafe Studio to make changes to your computer.
Click Yes.
7. Click Finish to exit the installer.
To congure PACSafe Safety Tool in an RX3i control:
1. Open the PAC Machine Edition application.
a. Create a new project or Open an existing project.
b. Click OK.

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Figure 3: PAC Machine Edition