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Safety Control Unit Operation
This section provides information that is necessary to use the Safety Control Unit, in-
cluding how the Safety Control Unit
works.
4-1 Relationship between Units and Types of Communications ................... 4 - 2
4-1-1 Safety Control System on CPU Rack or EtherCAT Network ........................ 4 - 2
4-1-2 Safety Control System on EtherNet/IP Network ........................................... 4 - 4
4-1-3 Standalone Safety Control System............................................................... 4 - 6
4-2 I/O System..................................................................................................... 4 - 8
4-2-1 Relationship between the Types of Signals and the Types of Com-
munications ................................................................................................... 4 - 8
4-2-2 Safety Data Types and Standard Data Types............................................... 4 - 8
4-2-3 Specifying Safety Data Types and Standard Data Types ............................. 4 - 9
4-3 Safety I/O Function..................................................................................... 4 - 10
4-3-1 Safety Input Function.................................................................................. 4 - 10
4-3-2 Safety Output Function ............................................................................... 4 - 32
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NX-series Safety Control Unit User's Manual (Z930)
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