SDI – Safe Direction

The SDI safety subfunction prevents movement in an unintended direction. If this condition is violated, the SDI safety subfunction will be triggered and a fault response will be initiated at the same time (usually STO or SS1).

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SDI safety subfunction monitored

 

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SDI safety subfunction is triggered

v

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Speed

t

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Time

t1

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Point in time at which SDI is activated.

t2

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Point in time at which SDI is deactivated.