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Chapter
2
Operating Instructions
Flexi Soft Gateways
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On safety
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On safety
This chapter deals with your own safety and the safety of the equipment operators.
Please read this chapter carefully before working with a Flexi Soft gateway.
2.1
Qualified safety personnel
The Flexi Soft gateway must only be installed, commissioned and serviced by qualified
safety personnel.
Qualified safety personnel are defined as persons who …
have undergone the appropriate technical training
and
have been instructed by the responsible machine operator in the operation of the
machine and the current valid safety guidelines
and
have access to the operating instructions of the Flexi Soft gateway and Flexi Soft
modular safety controller and have read and familiarised themselves with them.
2.2
Correct use
The Flexi Soft gateways can only be operated with a Flexi Soft system. The firmware ver-
sion of the connected FX3-CPUx must be at least V1.11.0, the version of the Flexi Soft
Designer configuration software must be at least 1.3.0.
The Flexi Soft gateways do not have a dedicated voltage supply.
The Flexi Soft gateways are not suitable for operation on a safety fieldbus!
These gateways only generate non-safety-related fieldbus data (status bytes) for control
and diagnostics purposes.
Do not use data from a Flexi Soft gateway for safety related applications!
With the Flexi Soft gateways it is possible to integrate non-safe data into the logic editor
such that the safety function of the Flexi Soft system is compromised. Never implement
the gateway into a Flexi Soft system without having this danger checked by a safety
specialist.
These modules may only be used by qualified safety personnel and only on the machine
where they have been installed and initialised by qualified safety personnel in accordance
with the operating instructions.
Pay attention to the safety notes and safety measures on the Flexi Soft gateways!
If the device is used for any other purposes or modified in any way — also during mounting
and installation — any warranty claim against SICK AG shall become void.
During the mounting, installation and usage of the Flexi Soft gateway, observe the
standards and directives applicable in your country.
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Notes