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1   Features and System Configuration
AC Servomotors/Servo Drives 1S-series with Built-in EtherCAT® Communications User’s Manual (I586)
1-7  Procedures to Start Opera-
tion
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1-7-2  Procedure Details
 
 
 
STEP 3 Software and Hardware Design for Safety Control
Procedure Description Reference
STEP 3-1
Determining wiring for 
communications, power 
supply, and connection 
with external I/O devices
Determine wiring used for the communication network, 
power supply, and safety I/O devices.
Safety Control Unit User's 
Manual
STEP 3-2 
Designing I/O and pro-
cessing
Design the configuration of the safety I/O devices and 
Safety I/O Unit.
• Safety I/O devices
• Program contents
Safety Control Unit User's 
Manual
STEP 3-3
Designing safety pro-
grams
Design POUs (Program Organization Unit).
•Programs
• Function blocks
Safety Control Unit User's 
Manual
STEP 4 Calculation and Verification of Safety Control Responsivity
Procedure Description Reference
STEP 4-1
Calculating safety reac-
tion time and safety dis-
tance
Calculate the safety reaction time and then determine 
the safety distance.
Safety Control Unit User's 
Manual
STEP 4-2
Verifying specification 
requirement satisfaction
Verify whether the specification requirements are satis-
fied. If not, reconsider the system design.
Safety Control Unit User's 
Manual
STEP 5 Software Design and Programming for Standard Control
Procedure Description Reference
STEP 5-1
Creating project
• Create a new project in the Sysmac Studio.
• Insert a Controller.
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit 
User’s Manuals
STEP 5-2
Creating slave and unit 
configuration
• Create the slave configuration and Unit configuration 
either offline or online.
• Include the safety PDOs (1710 hex and 1B10 hex) in 
PDO mapping for the Servo Drive.
• Register the device variables in the variable table.
• Create the axes and set them as real axes or virtual 
axes. Create axes groups to perform interpolated 
axes control.
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit 
User’s Manuals
STEP 5-3
Controller settings
Set PLC Function Modules, Motion Control Function 
Modules, etc. in the Sysmac Studio.
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit 
User’s Manuals