Pilz: Software Tool PNOZmulti Configurator

December 14, 2020

Your safety circuit is easy to create on the PC using the PNOZmulti Configurator. The configuration tool supports you with the project design, configuration, documentation and commissioning of the Pilz small controllers.

On the graphics-based, Windows-compliant user interface all elements are available for your safety circuit as icons or in selection menus. Online help with documentation is available during configuration of the safety circuit. Once it is complete, the tool checks the circuit for any errors.

From software version 10.9 of the PNOZmulti Configurator you can test your configured user program with the “Simulation” function, even before commissioning.

The fully configured safety circuit can be certified to protect it from unwanted changes. You can edit, amend or expand uncertified configurations of your safety circuit at any time. Simply call them up in the PNOZmulti Configurator! The configuration can be printed out and used as documentation.

Safe small controllers PNOZmulti Configurator – new functions

From Software Version 10.13, the software tool PNOZmulti Configurator offers some new elements to enable simple configuration of safe user programs, which are run by the configurable small controller PNOZmulti 2. As a result you can implement wide-ranging requirements efficiently when monitoring safety functions.

•    –   L-muting: the muting element has been expanded for light curtain applications
•    –   Configuration of the signal sequence for interlocking and releasing the safety gate system PSENmlock.
•    –   Monitoring of analogue functions: mathematical function expanded to include multiplication and division of analogue values
•    –   Two new logic elements digital encoder and digital decoder: for encoding and decoding input signals or output signals

On the hardware side, two new expansion modules are supported from Version 10.13:

•    –   Input-output module PNOZ m EF 4DI4DORD with diverse relay outputs, for safe applications in industrial burner management. Benefit from the combination with the base unit PNOZ m B1 Burner.
•    –   Motion monitoring module PNOZ m EF 1MM2DO with two semiconductor outputs for monitoring one axis (available from the 1st quarter /2021)

Benefit from these new or expanded functions when using the small controllers PNOZmulti 2.

PNOZmulti Configurator Software Version 10.12

Two new operating mode selection elements (function blocks) are available for functionally safe operating mode selection up to PL d / SIL CL 2. In conjunction with the operating mode selection and access permission system PITmode, specifically the PITreader, you have two user-friendly, safe solutions for selecting operating modes on plant and machinery.

•    –   Operating mode selected via pushbutton: The operating mode can be selected via the Pilz PIT oe4S Buttonbox or also by using standard commercial pushbuttons. Permission to make the selection is configured in conjunction with PITreader and the corresponding RFIDKeys. The selected operating mode can be read in the PNOZmulti.
•    –   Operating mode selected via touchscreen panel: Alternatively, the operating mode can be selected safely via a keypad on an HMI. That way the operating mode can be selected safely using the operator and visualisation terminals PMIvisu. Here too, permission to make the selection is granted via PITreader and RFIDKeys with the relevant configuration.

To control access permissions, the new Software Version 10.12 enables up to 4 PITreader devices to be connected to the base unit PNOZ m B1.

Benefits at a glance

•    –   Software with read-made, certified blocks
•    –   Simple, retrospective changes and adaptations to the configuration
•    –   Short machine downtimes and high plant availability due to simple, universal diagnostics
•    –   Worldwide safety standard for various automation environments and different communication systems
•    –   Rapid commissioning and minimal work involved in wiring – why not see for yourself!

 

Features at a glance

•    –   Configure rather than wire the safety circuit
•    –   Intuitive operation: creating your safety circuit is refreshingly easy
•    –   Freely configurable: parameters for all the inputs and outputs are easy to set with just a few clicks in the software tool
•    –   Logic operators can be used to link these to form a safety circuit via drag-and-drop
•    –   All function, logic and output elements are selected on the workspace
•    –   Automatic error check, protection against changes
•    –   Safe: the software tool checks the created safety circuit for errors
•    –   Protected: you can certify the completed configuration, thereby protecting it from unwanted changes
•    –   Flexible: you can edit, amend or expand uncertified circuit diagrams at any time
•    –   Simple: for documentation just print out the circuit diagram configuration

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