Operating instructions
Operating Instructions Chapter 1
C4000 Standard/Advanced
8009861/WA65/2012-06-12 © SICK AG • Industrial Safety Systems • Germany • All rights reserved 7
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About this document
1 About this document
Please read this chapter carefully before working with this documentation and the C4000.
1.1 Function of this document
These operating instructions are designed to address the technical personnel of the
machine manufacturer or the machine operator in regards to safe mounting, installation,
configuration, electrical installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of the
safety light curtain C4000.
These operating instructions do not provide instructions for operating machines on which
the safety light curtain is, or will be, integrated. Information on this is to be found in the
appropriate operating instructions of the machine.
1.2 Target group
These operating instructions are addressed to planning engineers, developers and the
operators of plants and systems which are to be protected by one or several safety light
curtains C4000. It also addresses persons who integrate the C4000 into a machine,
initialise its use, or who are in charge of servicing and maintaining the unit.
1.3 Scope
These operating instructions are original operating instructions.
These operating instructions apply to the C4000 Standard or C4000 Advanced safety light
curtain with one of the following entries on the type label in the field Operating Instruc-
tions:
8009855
8009855/NA63
8009855/OE59
8009855/QB65
8009855/TI72
8009855/UO14
8009855/WA65
This document is part of SICK part number 8009855 (operating instructions “C4000
Standard and C4000 Advanced” in all available languages).
1.4 Depth of information
These operating instructions contain information on:
installation and mounting
electrical installation
commissioning and configuration
care and maintenance
fault, error diagnosis and troubleshooting
part numbers
conformity and approval
of the safety light curtain C4000.
Planning and using protective devices such as the C4000 also require specific technical
skills which are not detailed in this documentation.
When operating the C4000, the national, local and statutory rules and regulations must be
observed.
General information on accident prevention using opto-electronic protective devices can
be found in the competence brochure “Guidelines Safe Machinery”.
Note