Nortech Systems Adept RS-232/TERM Manual De Usuario

The easiest and most effective way to provide the high power on/off control in a remote 
location is to mount the Adept Front Panel in the desired location with an extension cable.

However, if the user needs to control high power on/off from other control equipment or 
from a location other than the Adept Front Panel, then a custom splitter cable or complete 
replacement of the Adept Front Panel will be required. See the Front Panel schematic 
(

) for details of the Front Panel’s wiring. In this situation, a second 

momentary contact for high power on/off would be placed in parallel with the Adept Front 
Panel push button contact. This second contact should be suppressed when in Manual 
mode (see the note on “Single Point of Control” below).

This method allows relocating the push button switch to a more convenient location. 
Implementation of this method must conform to EN standard recommendations.

The European standard, EN 775, Ind. Robots, Part 6, Recommendations for Safety: Item 
7.2.5 Emergency Stop, reads: “Each robot system operator station shall have a readily 
accessible emergency stop device. The manual intervention and reset procedure to restart 
the robot system after an emergency stop shall take place outside the restricted space”. 

Thus, it is important that the remote High Power push button be located outside of the 
protected space of the robot.

Pins 6 and 14 and 5 and 13 of the XFP connector provide this remote capability. Pins 5 and 
13 provide power for the lamp, +5VDC and ground, respectively. Pins 6 and 14 are inputs 
for voltage-free N/O contacts from a customer-supplied momentary push button switch.

The Front Panel High Power On/Off Lamp (P/N 27400-29006) will cause a V

+

 error if the 

lamp burns out. This error prevents High Power from being turned on. This safety feature 
prevents a user from not realizing that High Power is enabled because the High Power 
indicator is burned out. See 

 for information on changing this lamp. 

Users can mount the Front Panel remotely by using an extension cable or by wiring a 
customer-supplied Front Panel (control panel) to the SmartController using the 15-pin 
XFP connector. The Front Panel contains no active components, only switches and lights. 
Customers should be able to adapt the Front Panel’s functionality into their own Front 
Panel design. To automatically control the Front Panel’s signals, use relay contacts instead 
of switches. See 

 for a schematic drawing of the Front Panel.

To fulfill the “Single Point of Control” 

requirement, do not place the Manual/Automatic and 
High Power On controls in multiple locations. To put the 
robot into Manual mode, the operator should remove the 
key for safety purposes. The system should not be wired 
so that a PLC or another operator can put the system back 
into Automatic mode.