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SmartGuard 600 Controller
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Networking with SmartGuard 600 Controllers | |
Configuration and Programming | |
Safety System Management | |
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Typical SmartGuard 600 System Architectures | |
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The SmartGuard 600 controller is positioned between a safety relay system and a safety PLC. It is ideally sized for applications that cannot be solved with safety relays, or are very cumbersome to solve with relays, but are not complex enough for a traditional safety PLC like a GuardLogix® or GuardPLC™ controller.
- Applications where a safety relay solution (or configurable safety relay solution) is just too complex
- Applications that require distributed safety I/O and/or network integration with a standard PLC
- Applications where GuardLogix or GuardPLC controllers seem too big (or are not cost-effective)
- Applications that require multi-zone control
- Complex light curtain applications; for example, implementing light curtain muting when a robot is not in the operator load zone and monitoring an enable pendant that lets the operator enter the zone with the robot present.