Originally Posted by
maver1ck
This is part of the safety function of the machine so there are liability issues in making changes to it, but since there seems to be some misinformation out there thought I'd chime in. Like others have said, I do not know of a way to bypass this function in the control. Being part of the machine's safety circuit there is likely a liability issue to Cincinnati if they even made it an option to bypass it.
This "added feature" to the door interlock circuit is in the A2100 software. The later machines had this feature from the start and don't have the ability to get rid of it, but if the machine is the correct vintage you may have an option to roll back the software version to an earlier one that didn't incorporate this. It would mean giving up on the bug fixes and software updates that were incorporated into the later software versions but if your other machines are running the earlier software without issues, you likely wouldn't notice what you are losing.
And because it is slightly relevant to this conversation, there are cases where the machine needs to be able to run without opening and closing the door. With a side-loading automatic pallet changer and the machine running in automatic cycle without an operator, we had to bypass this interlock through external signals from the pallet changer while leaving the functionality in place for them to manually load if necessary. So, contrary to one of the indications below, there are ways to get around this if someone is determined and willing to take on the liability of someone getting hurt once it has been bypassed.