Hitachi S10mini IR.LINK User manual

First Edition, October 2001, SME-1-117(A) (out of print)
Second Edition, October 2008, SME-1-117(B)
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The contents of this publication may be revised without prior notice.
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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Be sure to read this manual and all other attached documents carefully before installing,
operating inspecting or conducting maintenance on this unit. Always use this unit properly.
Be sure to carefully read the information about the device, the safety information and precautions
before using this unit. Be sure that the person(s) responsible for maintenance receives and
understands this manual completely.
This manual divides the safety precautions into DANGERs and CAUTIONs.
: Failure to observe these warnings may result in death or serious injury.
: Failure to observe these cautions may result in injury or property
damage.
Failuretoobserveany mayleadtoseriousconsequences.
All of these DANGERs and CAUTIONs provide very important precautions and should
always be observed.
Additional safety symbols representing a prohibition or a requirement are as follows:
: Prohibition. For example, “Do not disassemble” is represented by:
: Requirement. For example, if a ground is required, the following will be shown:
DANGER
CAUTION
CAUTION

1. Installation
CAUTION
 Use this product under the environmental conditions specified in the catalogs
and manual.
Utilizing this product in a hot, damp, or dusty atmosphere or in an atmosphere
of corrosive gas, vibration or impact may lead to a malfunction, shock hazard
or fire.
 Install this product according to the procedure outline in the manual.
Imperfect installation may lead to a part drop, failure or malfunction.
 Do not put any wire chip or other foreign matter into this product.
This may cause a malfunction, failure or fire.
2. Wiring
REQUIREMENT
Be sure to ground this product with FG.
Failure to ground this product may lead to a malfunction or shock hazard.
CAUTION
 Connect this product to a power supply with the same ratings.
Connecting this product to a power supply exceeding its voltage rating may
lead to a fire.
 Wiring must be conducted by a qualified technician.
Miswiring may lead to failure, shock hazard or fire.
 Wiring by transceiver cables and coaxial cables must be separated from wiring
from high-voltage equipment. Combining these two systems of wires in one
place may lead to a malfunction.

3. Handling precautions
DANGER
 Do not touch any terminal while this product is live, as this may lead to a shock
hazard.
 Configure an emergency stop circuit, interlocking circuit and related circuitry
outside the programmable controller.
A programmable controller failure may lead to a general breakdown or an
accident.
CAUTION
 Make sure that everything is safe before changing programs, running or
stopping this product while on the fly or producing forced output.
Mishandling may lead to product breakdown or an accident.
 Turn on the product according to the correct power - on procedure.
Mishandling may lead to product breakdown or an accident.
4. Maintenance
PROHIBITION
Do not disassemble or remodel this product, as this may lead to a malfunction,
failure or fire.
CAUTION
Power off this product before attaching or detaching any module or unit as this
may lead to a malfunction, failure or shock hazard.

WARRANTY AND SERVICING
Unless a special warranty contract has been arranged, the following warranty is applicable to this
product.
1. Warranty period and scope
Warranty period
The warranty period for this product is for one year after the product has been delivered to the
specified delivery site.
Scope
If a malfunction should occur during the above warranty period while using this product under
normal product specification conditions as described in this manual, please deliver the
malfunctioning part of the product to the dealer or Hitachi Engineering & Services Co., Ltd.
The malfunctioning part will be replaced or repaired free of charge. If the malfunctioning is
shipped, however, the shipment charge and packaging expenses must be paid for by the
customer.
This warranty is not applicable if any of the following are true.
 The malfunction was caused by handling or use of the product in a manner not specified in
the product specifications.
 The malfunction was caused by a unit other than that which was delivered.
 The malfunction was caused by modifications or repairs made by a vendor other than the
vendor that delivered the unit.
 The malfunction was caused by a relay or other consumable which has passed the end of its
service life.
 The malfunction was caused by a disaster, natural or otherwise, for which the vendor is not
responsible.
The warranty mentioned here means the warranty for the individual product that is delivered.
Therefore, we cannot be held responsible for any losses or lost profits that result from the
operation of this product or from malfunctions of this product. This warranty is valid only in
Japan and is not transferable.
2. Range of services
The price of the delivered product does not include on-site servicing fees by engineers.
Extra fees will be charged for the following:
 Instruction for installation and adjustments, and witnessing trial operations.
 Inspections, maintenance and adjustments.
 Technical instruction, technical training and training schools.
 Examinations and repairs after the warranty period is concluded.
 Even if the warranty is valid, examination of malfunctions that are caused by reasons
outside the above warranty scope.

This manual provides information for the following hardware product:
<Hardware product>
IR.LINK (LQE541)
<Changes added to this manual>
Description of added changes Page
Subsection 6.1.4, “Replacing or adding on the module” is newly added. 6-5
In addition to the above changes, all the unclear descriptions and typographical errors found are also
corrected without prior notice.

Revision record
Revision No. Revision Record (revision details and reason for revision) Month, Year Remarks
A First Edition October 2001
B Subsection 6.1.4, “Replacing or adding on the module”
is newly added.
October 2008

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PREFACE
We greatly appreciate your making use of the CPU option IR.LINK module. This hardware manual
on the option IR.LINK describes how to handle the IR.LINK module. Read this hardware manual
carefully to use the module properly.
<Note for storage capacity calculations>
 Memory capacities and requirements, file sizes and storage requirements, etc. must be
calculated according to the formula 2
n
. The following examples show the results of such
calculations by 2
n
(to the right of the equals signs).
1 KB (kilobyte) = 1,024 bytes
1 MB (megabyte) = 1,048,576 bytes
1 GB (gigabyte) = 1,073,741,824 bytes
 As for disk capacities, they must be calculated using the formula 10
n
. Listed below are the
results of calculating the above example capacities using 10
n
in place of 2
n
.
1 KB (kilobyte) = 1,000 bytes
1 MB (megabyte) = 1,000
2
bytes
1 GB (gigabyte) = 1,000
3
bytes