User Manual
Application examples   
13.3 Application examples for ID key-operated switches 
  SIRIUS ACT 3SU1 pushbuttons and signaling devices 
274  System Manual, 02/2015, A5E03457306020A/RS-AB/002 
Production line application 
Generally with special-purpose applications on a production line, e.g. in automobile 
manufacture 
Mode selector of a measuring machine with 4 differently encoded ID keys / 4 user groups. 
Automatic mode
(operating personnel) 
Setting / maintenance mode
(setting engineer) 
Manual mode
(service personnel) 
Calibration mode
(calibration service) 
•  Normal process cycle 
•  Manual infeed and re-
moval 
•  Setting up the machine 
for manufacturing a new 
part 
•  Setting 
•  Cleaning 
•  Step-by-step switching of 
the functions in the ma-
chine possible to deter-
mine the step where the 
fault occurs 
•  A special section in the 
control program is used 
to align the machine 
•  The machine is provided 
with a sample part and 
carries out calibration 
with that 
• 
Added value:
Registration 
of the time required for 
production 
• 
Added value
: Registering 
the time required for set-
ting 
• 
Added value
: Registra-
tion of the fault times / 
fault frequency 
• 
Added value
: Registra-
tion of the time required 
for calibration 










