igus^® smart plastics

i.Cee

1.¶

Qualified personnel

This product must only be operated and maintained by qualified personnel.

• The staff must have read and understood this manual and any additional documentation that may exist.

• Personnel must be familiar with all relevant applicable standards, regulations and accident prevention regulations.

• Personnel must be able to foresee or recognise any hazards that may arise when using the controls.

• Personnel must be able to ensure the safety of people and objects when using the sensor unit in the overall system.

• Personnel must be trained in the handling of ESD sensitive equipment and must have all necessary Take precautions.

The following information boards will appear a few times in the manual, they are classified so that the degree and type of hazard are marked.

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Betriebsarten¶

Technische Data¶

• Risk of malfunction
  
  • Fire hazard
    
  • Risk of explosion
    
  • Risk of electric shock
    

Do not operate i.Cee:plus II in water, humid environments or in aggressive, flammable or explosive atmospheres.

3. Installation¶

Mechanical installation

• Vertical, TS35 DIN rail
• Vibration-free installation location
• Connection space: 50mm vertical, 35mm
• Avoid heat build-up, provide sufficient ventilation
  

Elektrische Installation¶

Always turn off the power supply before disconnecting or making electrical connections in the system. Secure the power supply against reconnection. After switching off, wait at least 5 minutes for the capacitors to discharge. Check the absence of voltage before working in the system. Occurrence of arcs in the case of electrical connections that are not installed properly. Cables connected to i.Cee:plus II must not have exposed and stripped wire ends. Also, ensure that all connections are securely seated.

Auswahl of Power Supply¶

Information on the correct dimensioning of the voltage source can be found in the technical data. To connect these, use the pins to X1. A Zeichnung where these can be found can be found under 4.2.2 (p.9).

Steckerbelegung and sensor connection¶

The plug connections run according to the scheme as described below:

Plug Assignment and Sensor Connection
1. Press the orange spring of the respective wire opening into the plug with your hand or pliers and hold it there.
2. Push the stripped wire about 9mm deep into the opening.
3. Press the orange spring of the respective wire opening into the plug with your hand or pliers and hold it there.

Housing with labeling of the connectors

Connection diagram of the module

Connection of the sensors

Sensors are connected to i.Cee:plus II in four ways: 1) By UART/USB
2) Through i.Sense or i.Sense:modul II, connection to i.Cee:plus II via USB.
3) Free use of X2 digital inputs, such as plain bearings, abrasion sensors, is also possible.
4) By wireless technology (W-LAN, LoRa, Bluetooth, etc.)

Kommunikationsschnittstellen¶

Connection of the UART interfaces

Connection of the UART interfaces to X3 and X4

4. Sensors¶

Anschluss Wear sensors EC. W/EC.IT & roller chain link, as well as plain bearing wear sensors¶

LoRa recipient¶

Receiver module (upper image) for igus® sensor signals sent via LoRa radio technology Connection: RS485-> USB converter (bottom picture) on USB inputs of the i.Cee:plus II Description of the connection in the manual to the IS. LORA.22.18.0.BETA

EC.IT - Monitoring of bolt/bore wear of an igus® e-chain®¶

Quality monitoring of bolts and bore of an igus® e-chain® by means of a replica chain link used as a separator in e-chain® for the E2 to E4/P4 series with a maximum inner height of 112mm Connection: Via LoRa receiver under 5.1.1

EC. W – Wear monitoring for igus® e-chain®¶

Quality monitoring on the inside of an igus® e-chain® with intelligent separator in e-chain® for the E2 to E4 series with a maximum internal height of 112mm Connection: Wired via UART

Zustandsüberwachung to drylin® linear guides¶

Wear detection for linear guides from igus® Connection: Via LoRa receiver under 5.1.1

ComBox¶

Mobile modem for sending error messages Connection: - UART terminals on i.Cee:plus II - Four-wire, M8 screw connectors

Anschluss other sensors i.Sense:modul II¶

Microprocessor-based DIN rail module for continuous evaluation of connected i.Sense sensors and part of the igus® smart plastics condition monitoring concept Special features: i.Sense:modul II has its own user interface, accessible via the IP address or https address of i.Cee:plus II followed by "/isense/"

Connection: Micro-USB-> USB-A cable to USB inputs of the i.Cee:plus II User Interface Accessible by adding "/isense/" to the browser address

5. Commissioning and User Interface¶

Commissioning, Admin Menu and User Interface¶

Admin Menu¶

Admin Menu Information¶

The admin menu can be accessed via the domain followed by "/nodered/ui/" of the iCee. This is either the static or DHCP-obtained IP address, or a web address of the form:

http://[Kundenname]_[Nummerierung(01-99)].igus-smart.net/nodered/ui/

Overview of the admin menu¶

Menu¶

hamburger icon to switch between the individual submenus of the admin menu. The currently selected submenu is symbolized by a vertical bar on the right.

Component Maintenance¶

Display of possible maintenance messages. Absolute intervals can be changed by clicking on the respective cell.

Components Board¶

Overview and editing of the connected components of the e-chain®.

• Relevant for the first setup.
• Lifetime is calculated based on the data listed here.
• Name the i.Cee:plus II module in the upper area by filling in the Name and Description text fields.

Add components¶

1. Click the "ADD ROW" button.

If a row of the table is created incorrectly, it can be deleted by selecting and pressing the "DELETE SELECTED ROW" button.

1. Store the corresponding ID in text fields.

Data required at e-chain®

• Name of the e-chain® / line
• Number of chain elements
• Length without connecting element
• Length with connecting element
• Installation type (sliding or rolling)
• Radius
• Width

Required data for line

• Name of the line
• Cable series
• Outer diameter
• Arrangement of the wires within the line
• Radius

To assign a category, set the drop-down menu to chain or cable

Name contains the name of the component.
Description is a text that is structured as follows:

E-chain®:

[Anzahl Kettenglieder]; [Kettenlänge ohne Anschlusselement]; [Kettenlänge mit Anschlusselement]; [Installationsart]

Example:
Number of links: 54; Length: 3024mm; Chain length including mounting brackets: 3170mm; Installation type: Gliding

Management:

[Hersteller] [Leitungsserie]; [Außendurchmesser der Leitung]; [Anordnung der Adern]

Example:
chainflex® CF9 control cable TPE; Cable diameter: 6.5mm; Number of cores and nominal conductor cross-section: 2x1,5

1. Store data on the e-chain® system.

• Acceleration, Speed, Ambient temperature, Travel distance, Weight per meter, Maximum pull/thrust and Moisture are text fields in which integers are entered.
• Vibration and Pollution are drop-down menus (four modes each).

• Application is also a drop-down menu (two choices).

1. Lifetime data

When selecting a row from the table in which an e-chain® or a line is located, lifetimes are stored under the Details tab. These are automatically filled by clicking the Update Lifetime button.

Automatic lifetime retrieval: The Series, Width and Radius fields must be filled in independently and are necessary to calculate the service life (fillable text fields).

Automatic lifetime¶

1. Set the previous km and cycles under Sensor Mapping.
   To do this, click on the hamburger icon to open the submenu Sensor Mapping and fill in the fields under Total Strokes accordingly.

1. Press the Update Lifetime button.

1. Lifetime is added to each component.

Sensor Mapping¶

Adding and removing sensors, editing the double strokes and kilometers possible.

Adding Sensors¶

1. View the incoming signals under Test and Support.
2. Select the appropriate USB port under Sensor Mapping.

1. Select the appropriate sensor under SensorId.

1. Click the ADD MAPPING button.

Set ##### cycles and kilometers driven

1. Enter cycles and kilometers in the fields provided.

1. Focus on another area of the page.
2. Data has been transferred.

GPS¶

Adding a GPS sensor by activating the configuration. A GPS signal is then visible, the position of which is displayed on the map in the upper left. The data from the GPS sensor is displayed here.

iCee Configuration¶

Lifetime calculation configuration. Here it is determined on the basis of which position or cycle counter data the service life in the i.Cee:plus module is calculated.

Ethernet & Wi-Fi Configuration¶

Overview of network status, view the device's IP, and change it. Manual assignment of the IP address is only possible if no DHCP server is connected.

Switching on and off the WLAN network spanned by the i.Cee:plus II module by pressing the slider, applying the settings with the SAVE button.

GPRS Modem Configuration¶

When connecting the GPS/SMS module, the operator's APN is entered here, depending on the operator. In igus®' standard version, this is: wsim.

A separate SMTP server can be stored; for this purpose, the fields must be filled in accordingly. If you do not use your own SMTP server, the settings are retained.

The settings can be applied by clicking the SAVE button.

Testing and Support¶

At this point, the individual sensor messages are continuously displayed on the respective connection. At the time of receipt of the sensor message on the i.Cee:plus II module, it is displayed next to the connection.

Device Info¶

Versioning information is stored during setup; these can be found in the company at this point.

Loss of connection¶

• Try reloading the page (refresh button of the browser).
• If it fails, please restart the device.
• If this attempt also fails, please contact the Kundenservice (S.26).

Frontend¶

Frontend Information¶

The dashboard can be accessed via the domain of the iCee:plus II. This is either the static or DHCP-obtained IP address, or a web address of the form:

http://[Kundenname]_[Nummerierung(01-99)].igus-smart.net

In the frontend, colors are used to indicate how acute events are. The following table explains them:

Overview of the frontend¶

Language¶

• Language of the frontend can be changed (mouse click on the globe icon in the upper right corner).

Maintenance¶

• Maintenance recommendations for the igus® components are listed.
• Gray bar symbolizes the group of components. This can be displayed unfolded or collapsed (arrow on the left).
• Collapsed state: gray bar incl. general maintenance recommendation of the group (circle on the right) and spider web diagram in which all components are included.
• Unfolded state: all components of the group are visible (numbered and labeled), maintenance recommendations under Status.

Sensorics History¶

• Temporal courses of the sensor data; each sensor can have its own graphene.
• By pressing the left mouse button, a range of graphs can be selected.
• Connection of i.Sense:modul II: Sensors displayed as a group with dropdown.

Below the main menu in the upper right corner there are settings for the view (from left to right):

• Setting the displayed time interval
• Zoom out: enlarges the displayed time period
• Refresh: the circle of arrows refreshes the page immediately
• Setting the update interval
• Change view: switches between the displayed view and a view without a frame

Cockpit¶

Overview of events and maintenance information. Below the main menu in the upper right corner there are settings for the view (from left to right):

• Setting the displayed time interval
• Zoom out: enlarges the period under consideration
• Refresh: the circle of arrows refreshes the page immediately
• Setting the update interval
• Change view: switches between the displayed view and a view without a frame

Cockpit Fields (Examples):

• Name of the machine
• Errors/alarms
• Considered e-chain®
• Module installation date
• Recommended date for a chain replacement
• Lifetime status
• Description of the next maintenance
• Distance to be driven until the next maintenance

Events¶

List of events that occurred and error messages can be viewed. Delete them by clicking on the orange button at the top right.

Customize the appearance of the frontend¶

In general, it is possible to customize the frontend; please contact customer service (p. 26).

Connection to Siemens PLC¶

• Connect the PLC to i.Cee:plus II via TCP-IP via RJ45.
• Loading of the data module into the control system via TIA portal.
• Data module:
  https://igus.widen.net/s/zqd7ktc28r/sma_datablock_icee_s7
• The following information is then required:
• IP address of the PLC
• Number of the data module within the PLC

6. Maintenance¶

Maintenance

i.Cee:plus II is maintenance-free. Apart from the connectors, the i.Cee:plus II does not contain any components that can be replaced by the user. If hardware problems occur, please contact the Kundenservice (S.26).

7. Troubleshooting¶

• Unable to connect to the user interface

o Try again

o Restart devices and then try again

o If that doesn't help, contact the Kundenservice (S.26)

• The device does not determine all sensor data, what now?

o Check all connectors and restart the system.

o If that doesn't help, contact the Kundenservice (S.26)

8. FAQS¶

• What are the LEDs for?

o At the moment they have no function.

• How are the sensor limits set?

o It is advisable to use a programmer for help.

o The individual steps can be found under the heading Description of the backend interface.

• How do you retrieve the sensor data obtained?

o Under the item User Interface, the individual steps for operating the user interface are listed.

10. Abbreviation¶

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12. Regulatory & Legal¶

Compliance with EU Directives

The CE marking on the device confirms compliance with the following European directives:

The applicable directives are listed in the EU declaration of conformity of the respective device.

Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) Notice

This product contains digital components. For such products, the Security requirements of the EU Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847). The CRA specifies that software and connected devices must be used across the entire life cycle must be operated safely and kept up to date.

To ensure that you can use your system reliably and safely, please note:

• Install deployed firmware and software updates regularly.
• Use secure network and access settings.
• Change default passwords immediately after commissioning.
• Disable unnecessary interfaces or services.

If you see a technical anomaly or a possible security vulnerability , please report them via the official igus support channel: security@[manufacturer].com or via the service portal.

The CRA also requires users to have access to information on: Receive security support, known risks, and update processes. For more details, please refer to the documentation of this product or with your national market surveillance authority.

Note on the EU Dual-Use Regulation (EU) 2021/821

Individual electronic components and sensors in this product may vary depending on the fall under the EU Dual-Use Regulation (EU) 2021/821. This ordinance regulates goods that are used in both civilian and military area.

For export to countries outside the EU, a permit can therefore be obtained may be necessary. Whether this is true depends on the target market, the application and the respective technical configuration.

Please check before passing on or exporting the product:

• whether there are export restrictions for your destination country,
• whether your application is considered security-critical or military-grade,
• whether a permit is required under applicable regulations.

For more information, please contact your national export control authority (e.g. BAFA in Germany) or in the official EU documents.)

Electromagnetic compatibility

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Customer Service

de-smartplastics-service@igus.net
+49 (0) 2203 9649 9806

Technical support for igus^® smart plastics

Documentation/FW

https://www.igus.de/info/i-sense-modul-2

Download manuals, FW updates and certificates

Smart Plastics website

https://www.igus.de/info/vorausschauende-wartung-smart-plastics

Possibility to order sensors, processing units and other accessories

Contact

www.igus.de

info@igus.de

Phone: +49 (0) 2203-9649-0F

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