
6 Actuator coding
Safety sensors with standard coding are ready to use upon delivery.
Individually coded safety sensors and actuators will require the following "teach-in" procedure:
1. Energise the safety sensor.
2. Introduce the actuator in the detection range. The teach-in procedure is signalled at the safety sensor, red
LED on, yellow LED flashes (1 Hz).
3. After 10 seconds, brief yellow cyclic flashes (3 Hz) request the switch-off of the operating voltage of the
solenoid interlock. (If the voltage is not switched off within 5 minutes, the safety sensor cancels the "teach-
in" procedure and signals a false actuator by 5 red flashes).
4. Once the operating voltage is switched back on, the actuator must be detected once more in order to
activate the actuator code that has been taught in. In this way, the activated code is definitively saved!
For ordering suffix -I1, the executed allocation of safety switchgear and actuator is irreversible.
For ordering suffix -I2, the "teach-in" procedure for a new actuator can be repeated an unlimited number of times.
When a new actuator is taught, the code, which was applicable until that moment, becomes invalid. Subsequent to
that, an enabling inhibit will be active for ten minutes, thus providing for an increased protection against tampering.
The green LED will flash until the expiration of the time of the enabling inhibit and the detection of the new
actuator. In case of power failure during the lapse of time, the 10-minutes tampering protection time will restart.
7 Working principle and diagnostic function
7.1 Mode of operation of the safety outputs
The safety outputs can be integrated into the safety circuit of the control system.
The opening of a safety guard, i.e. the actuator is removed out of the active zone of the sensor, will immediately
disable the safety outputs of the sensor.
7.2 Diagnostic-LEDs
The safety sensor indicates the operating condition and faults by means of three-colour LEDs located in the lateral
surfaces of the sensor.
FThe following LED indicators are the same for safety sensors with conventional diagnostic output as for those with a serial
diagnostic function.
The green LED indicates that the safety sensor is ready for operation. The supply voltage is on and all safety inputs
are present.
Flashing (1Hz) of the green LED signals that a voltage is missing on one or both of the safety inputs (X1 and/or X2).
The yellow LED always signals the presence of an actuator within range. If the actuator is operating in the limit area
of the sensor switching distance, it will be indicated by flashing.
The flashing can be used to prematurely detect variations in the clearance between the sensor and the actuator
(e.g. sagging of a safety guard). The sensor must be adjusted before the distance to the actuator increases and
before the safety outputs are disabled, thus stopping the machine. If an error is detected, the red LED will be
activated.
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