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TM18 Series
Overview
- Features robust nickel-plated housing with sealed membrane switch
- Offers 10 to 30V dc supply voltage with NPN, PNP or selectable NPN/PNP output
- Features T-style housing with 18 mm threaded lens
- Available in diffuse or polarized retroreflective sensing modes
- Provides single-button setup procedure
- Offers selectable light-operate or dark-operate operation using push button
- Provides excellent immunity to noise, including high-speed-switching fluorescent lamps
- Offers enhanced optical crosstalk avoidance
- Rated IP67; NEMA 6
Product Specifications
| Supply Voltage and Current | 10 to 30V dc (10% max. ripple) @ less than 40 mA (exclusive of load) |
|---|---|
| Range | Diffuse:500 mm Polarized Retroreflective:3 m, range is specified using one model BRT-84 retroreflector |
| Supply Protection Circuitry | Protected against reverse polarity and transient voltages |
| Output Configuration | Solid-state selectable models:NPN (current sinking) or PNP (current sourcing), depending on hookup Single-output models:NPN (current sinking) or PNP (current sourcing), depending on model |
| Output Rating | 300 mA max. output @ 25° C
OFF-state leakage current: NPN:less than 100 µA @ 30V dc
PNP:less than 300 µA @ 30V dc
ON-state saturation voltage:less than 1 V @ 10 mA; less than 1.5 V @ 300 mA |
| Output Protection Circuitry | Protected against false pulse on power-up and continuous overload or short circuit of outputs |
| Output Response Time | 3 milliseconds ON/OFF |
| Delay at Power-up | 300 milliseconds; outputs do not conduct during this time. |
| Repeatability | 30 microseconds max. |
| Adjustments | Push-button dark SET with light/dark operate toggle
Solid-state selectable models:NPN/PNP selected by hookup |
| Indicators | Two LED Indicators:Green and Green/Yellow Power LED: Green ON steady:power ON
Signal LED:OFF in RUN Mode:signal absent
Yellow ON steady in RUN Mode:signal present
Yellow/Green flashing in SET Mode:sensor being configured
Final five flashes Green in SET Mode:toggled to light operate
Final five flashes Yellow in SET Mode:toggled to dark operate
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| Construction | Copper/nickel-plated zinc alloy housing |
| Environmental Rating | IEC IP67; NEMA 6 |
| Connections | 2 m or 9 m attached PVC cable, 4-pin integral Euro-style quick-disconnect or 150 mm polyurethane pigtail with 4-pin Euro-style quick-disconnect fitting. QD cables are ordered separately. |
| Operating Conditions | Temperature:-20° to +55° C Relative humidity:90% @ 50° C |
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