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Document Scope

The purpose of this document is to help you to program and operate your Modicon M241 Logic Controller with the EcoStruxure Machine Expert software.

NOTE: Read and understand this document and all related documents before installing, operating, or maintaining your Modicon M241 Logic Controller.

The Modicon M241 Logic Controller users should read through the entire document to understand all features.

Validity Note

This document has been updated for the release of EcoStruxureTM Machine Expert V1.2.

The technical characteristics of the devices described in the present document also appear online. To access the information online, go to the Schneider Electric home page www.schneider-electric.com.

The characteristics that are described in the present document should be the same as those characteristics that appear online. In line with our policy of constant improvement, we may revise content over time to improve clarity and accuracy. If you see a difference between the document and online information, use the online information as your reference.

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Product Related Information

Warning_Color.gifWARNING

LOSS OF CONTROL

oThe designer of any control scheme must consider the potential failure modes of control paths and, for certain critical control functions, provide a means to achieve a safe state during and after a path failure. Examples of critical control functions are emergency stop and overtravel stop, power outage and restart.

oSeparate or redundant control paths must be provided for critical control functions.

oSystem control paths may include communication links. Consideration must be given to the implications of unanticipated transmission delays or failures of the link.

oObserve all accident prevention regulations and local safety guidelines.1

oEach implementation of this equipment must be individually and thoroughly tested for proper operation before being placed into service.

Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, serious injury, or equipment damage.

1 For additional information, refer to NEMA ICS 1.1 (latest edition), "Safety Guidelines for the Application, Installation, and Maintenance of Solid State Control" and to NEMA ICS 7.1 (latest edition), "Safety Standards for Construction and Guide for Selection, Installation and Operation of Adjustable-Speed Drive Systems" or their equivalent governing your particular location.

Warning_Color.gifWARNING

UNINTENDED EQUIPMENT OPERATION

oOnly use software approved by Schneider Electric for use with this equipment.

oUpdate your application program every time you change the physical hardware configuration.

Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, serious injury, or equipment damage.

Terminology Derived from Standards

The technical terms, terminology, symbols and the corresponding descriptions in this manual, or that appear in or on the products themselves, are generally derived from the terms or definitions of international standards.

In the area of functional safety systems, drives and general automation, this may include, but is not limited to, terms such as safety, safety function, safe state, fault, fault reset, malfunction, failure, error, error message, dangerous, etc.

Among others, these standards include:

Standard

Description

IEC 61131-2:2007

Programmable controllers, part 2: Equipment requirements and tests.

ISO 13849-1:2015

Safety of machinery: Safety related parts of control systems.

General principles for design.

EN 61496-1:2013

Safety of machinery: Electro-sensitive protective equipment.

Part 1: General requirements and tests.

ISO 12100:2010

Safety of machinery - General principles for design - Risk assessment and risk reduction

EN 60204-1:2006

Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 1: General requirements

ISO 14119:2013

Safety of machinery - Interlocking devices associated with guards - Principles for design and selection

ISO 13850:2015

Safety of machinery - Emergency stop - Principles for design

IEC 62061:2015

Safety of machinery - Functional safety of safety-related electrical, electronic, and electronic programmable control systems

IEC 61508-1:2010

Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems: General requirements.

IEC 61508-2:2010

Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems: Requirements for electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems.

IEC 61508-3:2010

Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems: Software requirements.

IEC 61784-3:2016

Industrial communication networks - Profiles - Part 3: Functional safety fieldbuses - General rules and profile definitions.

2006/42/EC

Machinery Directive

2014/30/EU

Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive

2014/35/EU

Low Voltage Directive

In addition, terms used in the present document may tangentially be used as they are derived from other standards such as:

Standard

Description

IEC 60034 series

Rotating electrical machines

IEC 61800 series

Adjustable speed electrical power drive systems

IEC 61158 series

Digital data communications for measurement and control – Fieldbus for use in industrial control systems

Finally, the term zone of operation may be used in conjunction with the description of specific hazards, and is defined as it is for a hazard zone or danger zone in the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) and ISO 12100:2010.

NOTE: The aforementioned standards may or may not apply to the specific products cited in the present documentation. For more information concerning the individual standards applicable to the products described herein, see the characteristics tables for those product references.