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Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 Quick Start Manual

Bidirectional 4-sensor, t-type muting with relay, connected components building block, light curtains
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Bidirectional (4-sensor, T-type) Muting
With MSR42 Relay
Connected Components Building Block
Catalog Numbers MSR42, MicroLogix 1100, GuardShield Micro 400
Light Curtains
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  • Page 1 Bidirectional (4-sensor, T-type) Muting With MSR42 Relay Connected Components Building Block Catalog Numbers MSR42, MicroLogix 1100, GuardShield Micro 400 Light Curtains Quick Start...
  • Page 2 In no event will Rockwell Automation, Inc. be responsible or liable for indirect or consequential damages resulting from the use or application of this equipment.
  • Page 3 Where to Start Connected Components Building Block Outline Follow the path below to complete your connected components building block. Connected Components Building Blocks, publication CC-QS001 Chapter 1 Product Integration Chapter 2 System Validation and Application Tips 3Publication CC-QS015A-EN-P - November 2009...
  • Page 4 Where to Start Publication CC-QS015A-EN-P - November 2009...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Preface About This Publication ......7 Conventions ........8 Additional Resources.
  • Page 6 Table of Contents Publication CC-QS015A-EN-P - November 2009...

  • Page 7: Preface

    Preface About This Publication This quick start illustrates one way of combining a set of Micro 400 Light Curtains, an MSR42 safety relay, an MSR45E expansion module, an MSR127 safety relay, an E-stop, and two contactors into an integrated safety system providing both a bidirectional, four-sensor, T-type muting function and an E-stop function.

  • Page 8: Conventions

    Preface Conventions Convention Meaning Example Check or uncheck To activate or deactivate a checkbox. Check Disable Keying. Click the left mouse button once while the cursor is positioned on Click Click Browse. object or selection to initiate an action. Click the left mouse button twice in quick succession while the cursor Double-click Double-click the application icon.

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter Product Integration Introduction A bidirectional, four-sensor, T-type muting system lets valid loads or objects pass through its light curtains in either direction without shutting down the machine or process, but will stop the machine or process if anything or anyone attempts to move past the light curtain in any other manner.

  • Page 10: Follow These Steps

    Chapter 1 Product Integration • Optical Interface Tool Fastener, to attach the Optical Interface securely to the MSR42 relay • 24V DC power supply, catalog number 1606-XL120D • Safety components such as E-stops, GuardShield Micro 400 light curtains, as listed in the bill of material on the Connected Components Building Blocks Overview CD, publication CC-QR001 Follow These Steps...
  • Page 11 Product Integration Chapter 1 The MicroLogix 1100 controller monitors the safety systems and, via the PanelView terminal, provides a simple, graphical representation of the operation and status of the safety systems and recommends corrective actions in response to system faults. The controller and the terminal perform no safety or control functions.

  • Page 12: Set Up The Configuration And Diagnostic Software

    Chapter 1 Product Integration Set Up the Configuration and Diagnostic Software Follow these steps to install and set up the Configuration and Diagnostic software. 1. If you do not have the Configuration and Diagnostic software, go to http://www.ab.com/safety/logic/relays/msr4x/ to download the Configuration Tool for MSR42 relay, GuardShield Micro 400 and Safe2/4 Light Curtains.

  • Page 13: Configure The Msr42 Safety Relay

    Product Integration Chapter 1 Configure the MSR42 Safety Relay 1. On the Configuration dialog box, select ‘Micro 400 Light Curtain’ from the Micro 400 Inputs pull-down menu. 2. Edit the settings as shown. a. Choose Manual. b. Leave Stop Delay set to No. c.
  • Page 14 Chapter 1 Product Integration Notice that Micro 400 Light Curtains have been added to the Design Output diagram. 4. On the Configuration dialog box, select Start from the IN1 Inputs pull-down menu. In addition to the Micro 400 Light Curtains, a NO momentary push button, connected to IN1, appears on the Design...
  • Page 15 Product Integration Chapter 1 5. From the IN2 pull-down menu, choose Start Release. Notice that Start Release is shown connected to IN2. Start Release is a feedback circuit that confirms, at Start – Reset, that neither of the two final switching devices (FSD) normally-open (NO) outputs are shorted, that is,...
  • Page 16 Chapter 1 Product Integration 7. From the Inputs GPIO pull-down menu, choose Muting Micro 400. 8. Click OK on the safety notice dialog box. 9. On the Muting dialog box, click 4 sensor T-type. This dialog box helps you configure your muting system properly. The Muting dialog box shows that a load on the conveyor travels left-to-right, passing in sequence through the first two muting sensors and the LC (light curtain).
  • Page 17 Product Integration Chapter 1 The Muting Help dialog box shows the proper timing sequence for 4 sensor, T-type muting. An object must not only pass the sensors and the light curtain in the proper sequence. To initiate muting, an object moving right to left in the diagram must be in front of both S1 and S2 for an instant.
  • Page 18 Chapter 1 Product Integration Time settings are intended to help make sure that only valid objects of the right size, moving at the right speed, can initiate and maintain a muting sequence. You may want to add a few seconds to some of your calculations to allow for variations. Time Setting Description t(sens)

  • Page 19: Download The Configuration

    Product Integration Chapter 1 14. Click OK to complete the configuration. 15. Choose File>Save and save the configuration as ‘4sensor T-type muting’. 16. Do not exit the MSR42 configuration and diagnostic software. Download the Configuration 1. Write down the device number from the label on the side of the MSR42 relay. 2.
  • Page 20 Chapter 1 Product Integration 4. In Microsoft Windows, open the Control Panel. 5. Double-click on System. 6. On the System Properties dialog box, click Hardware. 7. Click Device Manager. 8. Expand Ports (COM & LPT). 9. Plug the USB connector of the Optical Interface into an available USB port on your personal computer.
  • Page 21 Product Integration Chapter 1 13. On the OptiLink Communication dialog box, select Compatibility mode. 14. Choose the Comport assigned by Windows Device Manager. 15. Click OK. 16. From the File menu, choose PC->MSR42 (Download). 17. When prompted, type the password ‘ABGM’. 18.

  • Page 22: Confirm The Configuration

    Chapter 1 Product Integration Confirm the Configuration 1. On the Configuration control document dialog box, review the configuration and check the confirmation box. 2. Click Continue. 3. When prompted to print the document, click No. The software saves a copy that can be printed later from the File menu.
  • Page 23 Product Integration Chapter 1 This screen lets you monitor the status of the light curtain when a computer is attached to the MSR42 relay via the Optical Interface. It has other helpful diagnostic features that are described in the MSR42 Safety Base Module Operation Manual, publication 440R-IN017, and the Configuration Tool for MSR42, GS Micro 400 and Safe 2/4 Light Curtains Software Description document, available on the CD that ships with the Optical Interface tool.
  • Page 24 Chapter 1 Product Integration Notes: Publication CC-QS015A-EN-P - November 2009...

  • Page 25: Chapter 2 Introduction

    Chapter System Validation and Application Tips Introduction In this chapter, you validate the operation of the two safety functions as well as the operation of the MicroLogix 1100 controller and PanelView Component 600 terminal. Before You Begin • Review the Connected Components Building Blocks Quick Start, publication CC-QS001, verifying that you have completed all of the steps in Chapter 3 of that publication.

  • Page 26: Follow These Steps

    Chapter 2 System Validation and Application Tips Follow These Steps Start Validate Proper Operation of the Safety Systems on page 26 Validate Proper Operation of the PanelView Screens on page 31 Validate Proper Operation of the Safety Systems To confirm that the system is operating properly, you need to perform a series of tests. Start Up 1.
  • Page 27 System Validation and Application Tips Chapter 2 3. Press and release the Start-Reset button. 4. Confirm that the two 100S contactors do not energize and guarded motion does not start. 5. Twist and release the E-stop button. 6. Press and release the Start-Reset button. 7.
  • Page 28 Chapter 2 System Validation and Application Tips Muting Function 1. Send a load from the right through the muting system. 2. Check the following: • S1 switches as the load passes. • S2 switches as the load passes. • The muting lamp turns on. •...
  • Page 29 System Validation and Application Tips Chapter 2 Mute Dependent Override (from Right) 1. While the load is still disrupting the light curtain beam from the previous mute error test, press and release the Start-Reset button. 2. Check the following: • The safety output turns on. •...
  • Page 30 Chapter 2 System Validation and Application Tips Mute Dependent Override (from Left) 1. While the load is still disrupting the light curtain beam from the previous mute error test, press and release the Start-Reset button. 2. Check the following: • The safety output turns on. •...

  • Page 31: Validate Proper Operation Of The Panelview Screens

    System Validation and Application Tips Chapter 2 Validate Proper Operation of the PanelView Screens Most of the buttons are real-time signals from the MSR42 or MSR127 relays, driven via the MicroLogix 1100 controller to the PanelView terminal. The buttons change their appearance as the signals driving them change.
  • Page 32 Chapter 2 System Validation and Application Tips 1. Press MORE INFO for two seconds. Whenever an action may be appropriate for an operator to perform, MORE INFO is displayed on the screen. Pressing MORE INFO calls the related message screen. 2.
  • Page 33 System Validation and Application Tips Chapter 2 As the load leaves S2, muting ends. 4. Press the E-stop. The screen updates in response. 5. Press MORE INFO. 6. Press RETURN. 7. Twist and release the E-stop. 8. Press START RESET for three seconds and release.
  • Page 34 Chapter 2 System Validation and Application Tips 9. While avoiding the sensors, interrupt the light curtain and keep it interrupted. 10. Press MORE INFO. 11. Press RETURN. 12. Remove the object interrupting the light curtain. Once the light curtain is no longer interrupted, the display returns to the Ready for START RESET screen.
  • Page 35 System Validation and Application Tips Chapter 2 After the configured t(espe), the time it should take a load to travel between S2 and the light curtain, the muting lamp begins to blink. The screen reflects the muting error. 16. Press MORE INFO. 17.
  • Page 36 Chapter 2 System Validation and Application Tips 20. Press MORE INFO. 21. Press RETURN. 22. Press START RESET for three seconds and release. The load is still interrupting the light curtain. Pressing and releasing START RESET initiated a Mute Dependent Override, t(mdo).
  • Page 37 System Validation and Application Tips Chapter 2 24. Press MORE INFO. 25. Press RETURN. 26. Press and hold START RESET for 10 seconds. Publication CC-QS015A-EN-P - November 2009...
  • Page 38 Chapter 2 System Validation and Application Tips Notes: Publication CC-QS015A-EN-P - November 2009...
  • Page 40 Rockwell Automation representative. New Product Satisfaction Return Rockwell Automation tests all of its products to ensure that they are fully operational when shipped from the manufacturing facility. However, if your product is not functioning and needs to be returned, follow these procedures.

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