SICK C4000 Standard

Operating Instructions
C4000 Standard/Advanced
8009861/WA65/2012-06-12 © SICK AG • Industrial Safety Systems • Germany • All rights reserved 3
Subject to change without notice
List of contents
List of contents
1 About this document.........................................................................................................7
1.1 Function of this document....................................................................................7
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.2 Target group ..........................................................................................................7
1.3 Scope .....................................................................................................................7
1.4 Depth of information.............................................................................................7
1.5 Abbreviations.........................................................................................................8
1.6 Symbols used ........................................................................................................8
2 On safety...........................................................................................................................10
2.1 Qualified safety personnel..................................................................................10
2.2 Applications of the device...................................................................................11
2.3 Correct use ..........................................................................................................11
2.4 General protective notes and protective measures..........................................12
2.5 Protection of the environment............................................................................12
3 Product description.........................................................................................................13
3.1 Special features ..................................................................................................13
3.2 Operating principle of the device .......................................................................14
3.2.1 Components of the device................................................................14
3.2.2 The light curtain principle .................................................................14
3.2.3 Cascading ..........................................................................................15
3.2.4 Device variants..................................................................................15
3.3 Examples of range of use ...................................................................................17
3.4 Status indicators .................................................................................................18
3.4.1 Status indicators of the sender........................................................18
3.4.2 Status indicators of the receiver ......................................................19
4 Configurable functions ...................................................................................................20
4.1 Restart interlock..................................................................................................20
4.2 External device monitoring (EDM)......................................................................22
4.3 Emergency stop...................................................................................................23
4.4 Bypass .................................................................................................................24
4.5 Signal output (ADO).............................................................................................25
4.6 Beam coding........................................................................................................25
4.7 Scanning range ...................................................................................................26
4.8 Blanking...............................................................................................................27
4.8.1 Fixed blanking ...................................................................................29
4.8.2 Floating blanking...............................................................................31
4.8.3 Effective resolution for blanking ......................................................33
4.8.4 Teach-in of blanked areas ................................................................35
4.9 Reduced resolution.............................................................................................36
4.10 Sender test ..........................................................................................................38
4.11 Functions that cannot be combined ..................................................................39