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NX-series Safety Control Unit User’s Manual (Z930)
Single-beam Safety Sensors, Non-contact Door Switches, Safety Mats, and
Safety Edges
To detect burnouts in a muting lamp, use a PIT si1.2 Muting Lamp manufactured by Pilz, which
supports defective lamp detection.
The input filter helps prevent malfunctions that are sometimes caused by chattering or noise from the
external device that is connected to a safety input terminal. You can filter out chattering and noise from
the external device for the widths that are set with the ON delay time and OFF delay time. ON delays
and OFF delays can be set to one of the 10 options given below, from 0 to 1,536 ms, for each safety
input terminal.
1: 0 [ms], 2: 6 [ms], 3: 12 [ms], 4: 24 [ms], 5: 48 [ms], 6: 96 [ms], 7: 192 [ms], 8: 384 [ms],
9: 768 [ms], 10: 1,536 [ms]
The effect of chattering from external devices can be reduced more by increasing the delay time, but
this will slow the response to input signals. The input filter can be used with dual channel evaluation.
Dual Channel
Complementary
Without Test Pulse Detectable when
input turns ON or
OFF.
Detectable when
input turns ON or
OFF.
Detectable when
input turns ON or
OFF.
Detectable.
Same test source
for pair of safety
input terminals
Detectable. Detectable when
input turns ON or
OFF.
Detectable when
input turns ON or
OFF.
Detectable.
Different test
sources for pair of
safety input termi-
nals
Detectable. Detectable when
input turns ON or
OFF.
Detectable when
input turns ON or
OFF.
Detectable.
*1. To detect ground faults, the 0-V line of the external power supply must be grounded.
*2. Detection is possible with the OSSD diagnostic function of the light curtain or laser scanner.
Input device
Error detection
Contact with
positive side
of power line
Ground
fault
*1
*1. To detect ground faults, the 0-V line of the external power supply must be grounded.
Disconnec-
tion
Short cir-
cuits in input
wiring
Failure of
input device
Sensor
bypass
Single-beam
Safety Sensor
Detectable. Not
detectable.
Not
detectable.
--- Not
detectable.
Detectable.
D40A
Non-contact
Switch
Detectable. Not
detectable.
Not
detectable.
--- Not
detectable.
Not
detectable.
D40Z
Non-contact
Switch
Detectable. Not
detectable.
Not
detectable.
--- Detectable. Detectable.
Safety
Mat/Safety
Edge
Detectable. Detectable. Detectable. Not
detectable.
Not
detectable.
---
Input Filters
Setting Error detection
Single/Dual Test pulse
Contact with pos-
itive side of
power line
Ground fault
*1
Disconnection
Short circuits in
input wiring