Safety Light Curtain Systems Owner's manual
24 P/N 68413 rev. A
Banner Engineering Corp. • Minneapolis, U.S.A.
www.bannerengineering.com • Tel: 763.544.3164
EZ-SCREEN Point
Instruction Manual
System Installation
3.3.7 Avoiding Electrical and Optical Noise
The EZ-SCREEN System is designed and manufactured to be 
highly resistant to electrical and optical noise and to operate
reliably in industrial settings. However, extreme electrical and/or 
optical noise may cause a random trip or latch condition. In
very extreme electrical noise cases, a lockout is possible. Care 
should be taken to avoid sources of interference when planning 
the mounting location.
When planning the installation, the following should be 
considered:
•   Provide a good connection between each sensor and earth 
ground;
•   Avoid routing sensor input or output wires close to “noisy” 
wiring; and
•   Avoid optical interference from adjacent EZ-SCREEN Systems 
or other photoelectrics.
See Section 5.2 for additional information.
3.3.8 Multiple-System Applications
Whenever EZ-SCREEN Point Systems operate in close 
proximity with other photoelectric devices (EZ-SCREEN 
Systems, safety light screens, or other photoelectric sensors), 
optical crosstalk may potentially take place between systems. 
Because EZ-SCREEN sensors operate at long ranges, it is 
especially important to carefully consider the placement of
multiple sensor pairs prior to installation.
To minimize crosstalk, alternate the emitters and receivers, as 
shown in Figure 3-11. 
To further aid in avoiding crosstalk, the sensors feature a two-
position selectable scan code. A receiver set to one scan code 
will not “see” an emitter set to another code. See Section 4.1 for 
more information.
Figure 3-11. Mounting multiple EZ-SCREEN emitters and
receivers to mechanically prevent optical
crosstalk
Orient two systems so that their receivers
face in different directions. (This applies
not only to multiple EZ-SCREEN Systems,
but also to EZ-SCREEN Systems
used with other photoelectric
systems.)
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