Omron G9SP-N20S Installation manual

OPERATION MANUAL
Cat. No. Z922-E1-07
G9SP Series
Safety Controller

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G9SP-series Safety Controller:
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Operation Manual
Revised December 2016

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Manual Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Sections in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Precautions for Safe Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Precautions for Compliance with UL Standards and CSA Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
Regulations and Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
Overview
SECTION 1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1-1 Overview and Features of the G9SP-series Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1-2 Basic Operating Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Hardware Settings
SECTION 2
Part Names and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2-1 G9SP-series Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2-2 Expansion I/O Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
2-3 Option Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Hardware Settings
SECTION 3
Calculating Response Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
3-1 Startup Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
3-2 Reaction Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Hardware Settings
SECTION 4
Installation and Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4-1 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4-2 Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Software Design
SECTION 5
Preparations for Using the G9SP Configurator. . . . . . . . . . 67
5-1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
5-2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Software Design
SECTION 6
Creating Configuration Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
6-1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
6-2 Creating Configuration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
6-3 Designing Device Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
6-4 Offline Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
6-5 Creating and Using User-defined Function Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Software Design
SECTION 7
Communications with a Standard PLC Using an Option Board103
7-1 Functionality for All Option Board's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
7-2 RS-232C Serial Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
7-3 Ethernet Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

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Software Design
SECTION 8
Connecting Online and Downloading to the G9SP-series
Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
8-1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
8-2 Downloading Configuration Data to the G9SP-series Controller and Verification. . . . . . . . 133
8-3 Uploading Data from the G9SP-series Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
8-4 Resetting the G9SP-series Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
8-5 Setting a Device Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Software Design
SECTION 9
Operation and Operating Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
9-1 G9SP-series Controller Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
9-2 Changing the Operating Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
9-3 Configuration Lock and Automatic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
9-4 Changing the Configuration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
9-5 Operation for Power Supply Interruptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Startup and Debugging
SECTION 10
Checking Operating Status and Debugging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
10-1 Monitoring Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
10-2 Monitoring Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
10-3 Debugging in Force Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
10-4 Safety Validation and Preparations for Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Maintenance and Inspections
SECTION 11
Backup and Restore Data Using Memory Cassette . . . . . . . 159
11-1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
11-2 Backing Up Data to the Memory Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
11-3 Restoring Data to G9SP-series Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
11-4 Checking Configuration Data Using Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

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Maintenance and Inspections
SECTION 12
Maintenance and Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
12-1 Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
12-2 G9SP-series Controller Replacement Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Maintenance and Inspections
SECTION 13
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
13-1 Overview of Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
13-2 Error Details and Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Appendices
A Application Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
B Using the Password Recovery Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
C Version-related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing a G9SP-series Safety Controller. This manual contains information required to
use the G9SP-series Controller. Please thoroughly read and understand this manual before you use the
G9SP-series Controller.
This manual is intended for the following personnel, who must also have knowledge of electrical systems
(an electrical engineer or the equivalent).
• Personnel in charge of installing FA systems.
• Personnel in charge of designing FA systems.
• Personnel in charge of managing FA systems and facilities.
• Personnel in charge of qualifications and authority in all phases, including system design, installation,
operation, maintenance, and disposal.
Intended Audience

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Manual Configuration
Information on the operation of G9SP-series Safety Controllers is provided in the following manuals.
Refer to the specific manual depending on the information that is required.
Manual name Contents Cat. No.
G9SP-series Safety
Controller Operation
Manual (this manual)
This manual provides detailed specifications and describes functions
and application methods for the G9SP-series Controller in detail. Z922
G9SP-series Safety
Controller Instructions
Reference Manual
This manual describes the safety programming methods, provides the
specifications, and describes the functions and operating methods of the
G9SP-series Controllers.
Z923
G9SP-series Safety
Controller Host Con-
nection Manual
This manual provides sample ladder programming and describes how to
connect to a Standard PLC from another manufacturer using the com-
munications functionality of the G9SP-series Controller's Option Board.
The procedure for connecting to a Standard PLC from another manufac-
turer is described in the G9SP Operation Manual.
Z924
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
G9SP-series Safety Controller
Operation Manual
(Cat. No. Z922)
G9SP-series Safety Controller Instructions
Reference Manual
(Cat. No. Z923)
•Precautions for installation in a panel
•Performing power supply wiring
•Performing I/O wiring
•Unit type, nomenclature, and specifications
•Configuring hardware
•Calculating safety response performance
G9SP-series Safety Controller
Host Connection Manual
(Cat. No. Z924)
Note: Provided only as a PDF file.
Troubleshooting
•Safety logic programming
•Function block operation specifications
System
configuration
settings
Installation
and Wiring
Support
Software
Startup
Software
settings and
programming
Control
PLC
Design
Checking
and
debugging
operation
Operation
and
Maintenance
•Sample ladder programming for the
control PLC
•Installing the Support Software (G9SP
Configurator)
•Starting the Support Software
•Creating configuration data in the
Support Software
•Setting the control PLC to
communicate with the G9SP
•Downloading configuration data to the
G9SP
•Checking operation using the Support
Software
•Replacement at G9SP failure
•Updating the configuration data in the
G9SP
•Corrective measures and error codes
for troubleshooting
This manual