System Configuration Example - Omron NX Series User Manual

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System Configuration Example

The following example uses one NX-type IO-Link Master Unit and one GX-type IO-Link Master Unit
with both IO-Link and non-IO-Link Photoelectric Sensors and Color Mark Sensors as the IO-Link devi-
ces.
EtherCAT (CoE) node address 1:
EtherCAT Coupler Unit
24 VDC
(separate Unit and I/O power supplies)
IO-Link Photoelectric Sensor
IO-Link Color Mark Sensor
Non-IO-Link Photoelectric Sensor
Non-IO-Link Proximity Sensor
Device type
Controller
IO-Link Master
Units
IO-Link devices
NX/GX-series IO-Link System User's Manual (W570)
NJ/NX-series Controller
RJ45
EtherCAT cable 1
EtherCAT cable 2
24 VDC (separate Unit and I/O power supplies)
NX-type
IO-Link Master
Unit: NX Unit #1
IO-Link Photoelectric Sensor
Name Specification
NJ/NX-series ---
Controller
NX-type IO-Link Number of ports:
Master Unit 4
GX-type IO-Link Number of ports:
Master Unit 8
E3Z-series IO- Prewired
Link Photoelectric
Sensor
IO-Link Color ---
Mark Sensor
E3Z-series IO- Prewired
Link Photoelectric
Sensor
IO-Link Color ---
Mark Sensor
9 Example of Operations for IO-Link Systems
XS5F
M12 sockets
(female)
M8 socket (female) to M12 plug (male)
M8-to-M12 Conversion Cable
XS3W-M42C-4C2-A
Model
NJ101/501 or
NX701
NX-ILM400
(Unit version 1.0)
GX-ILM08C
(Unit version 1.0)
E3Z-D82-IL3
E3S-DCP21-IL3
E3Z-D82-IL3
E3S-DCP21-IL3
EtherCAT cable 3 To GX-type
IO-Link Master Unit
GX-type IO-Link Master Unit:
EtherCAT (CoE) node address 2
IO-Link Color Mark Sensor
Non-IO-Link Proximity
Sensor with M12 connector
Configurational
Quantity settings and
connections
1
1 EtherCAT node
address 1 is used.
1 EtherCAT node
address 2 is used.
1 Connected to port
1 of the NX-type
IO-Link Master
Unit.
1 Connected to port
2 of the NX-type
IO-Link Master
Unit.
1 Connected to port
1 of the GX-type
IO-Link Master
Unit.
1 Connected to port
2 of the GX-type
IO-Link Master
Unit.
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