Keyence Safety Relay
Keyence GC-1000
Initial Setup
Starting on a clean install of a Keyence setup requires installing their software. It can be located on the server under "\MachMotion\Production\Products\Safety Relays\Keyence\GC-1000", take the file "GC_Configurator_1148.zip" and move it over then extract the executable. Run through the install steps of the installer. It should ask for permission multiple times. When it's done a shortcut for "GC Configurator" will be left on the desktop. Run the program.
At this screen, there are several options as it says to read the program from the relay, start a new program, open a saved program, begin monitoring its operation, check on the history of the device while it has been running, and choose how to connect along with settings for it. If this is a clean relay then you must connect through USB assuming it is connected to the Machine Network which limits the IP range to 192.168.208.xx otherwise if it were connected to the internet port the automatic IP detection should handle it.
Default IP Address for GC-1000 is 192.168.208.20
Choosing A Program
On the previous screen, the likely choice made is to open an existing file. Several exist for different electrical panel designs so in order to choose the correct one refer back to the schematic. Major pages that pertain are the safety relay and motion controller. If the files are not on the control to choose from then they are on the server under "\MachMotion\Production\Products\Safety Relays\Keyence\GC-1000". These are divided mostly based on the number of E-Stop connections that are being made. Choosing the wrong one will just throw up some errors since the system will be expecting more signals to be connected.
Editing A Program
Once connected the first screen that appears is their configuration tab. This shows and allows editing of the inputs, outputs, network settings, and registers to name a few of the features this tab gives access to change.
Shown below is the Program tab which currently shows an example of a 1 E-Stop Button. Here it's possible to make changes to the actual program and how it will function in the system. As a note for setting up automatic restarts like what is needed for an Apollo in most cases, this is accomplished with the use of a time delay.
Clicking the next tab Transfer will attempt to load the program onto the relay. The next three images below show the sequence of loading the program. Upon continuing it should then ask for a password for the relay. The factory password is '1111' and during setup currently it is not being changed to anything else. The "Check of settings" window shows all the information of the program to look over before loading. Once done proofreading it scroll down to the bottom and click Approve to load the program. After it does then it will ask to put the system into run or not.
Default Password is "1111"
Upon finishing loading the program with no problems it will switch over to the monitoring tab. From this screen, all of the signals can be monitored for when they change state. This allows troubleshooting to see where the signals are possibly getting stopped. On the bottom right the inputs show a step graph of 1s for all their states.
