Chapter 3 Operating Instructions
C 4000 Standard/Advanced
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Product description
3 Product description
This chapter provides information on the special features and properties of the safety light
curtain C 4000. It describes the construction and the operating principle of the device, in
particular the different operating modes.
Please read this chapter before mounting, installing and commissioning the device.
The descriptions of functions in this chapter only apply to the safety light curtain C 4000
Standard and C 4000 Advanced with the following entry on the type label in the field
Operating Instructions: 8 009 855/OE59.
3.1 Special features
C 4000 Standard
$ protection with either internal or external (realised on the machine) restart interlock
$ connection for the reset button either in the control cabinet or directly to the device
$ connection option on device for an emergency stop button or a key-operated
switch for bypass
$ external device monitoring (EDM)
$ 2 beam codings possible in addition to non-coded operation
$ configurable output signal (ADO) for improved availability
$ status display with 7-segment display
$ range of functions can be expanded using switching amplifiers in the SICK Intelliface
product family
$ EFI connection. Functional enhancement for C 4000 (with the type label entry in the
software field: 3.00 and greater) and switching amplifiers of the SICK Intelliface product
family
C 4000 Advanced
In addition to the features of the C 4000 Standard, the Advanced version offers:
$ blanking of several areas
$ blanking with tolerance of up to 2 beams
$ floating blanking
$ reduced resolution
$ object monitoring for areas with floating blanking
$ increased size tolerance for areas with fixed blanking
Note