Discontinued models			Recommeded substitution
	Series	Product name	Period	Series	Product name
	Model No.			Modell No.
A	AR1-48	Linear array sensor	P:06/2001	LD series	Laser type edge detection sensor
B	BGX series	Explosion-proof inductiveproximity sensor	P:12/1999	BGX-K series	Explosion-proof inductiveproximity sensor
	BRX-D300 series	Explosion-proof photoelectric sensor	P:03/2001	BRX-D700	Explosion-prrof photoelectric sensor
C	CP6 series	Encoder coupling	P:03/2001	-
	CN-03	Connector	P:about 1990	CN-13	Connector
		(For GXL-12FT,PM- * 53)			(For GXL-N12FT,PM2 connector type, and PM- * 53)
	CHX-SC1	Sensor checker	P:02/2001	CHX-SC2	Sensor checker
	C-AS	Computation unit	P:09/2002	CA series	Digital panel controller
	C-DC	Double comparator unit
		(LM optional unit)
	CX-20/30	Compact general purpose photoelectric sensor	O 05/09	CX-400 series	Compact general purpose
			P 05/12
D	DP series	LED display digital pressure sensor	P:03/02	DP2 series	LED display digital pressure sensor
				DP4 series	Compact digital pressure sensor
				DP5, DPH series	Head-separated type/Digital pressure sensor
	DPX series	LCD digital pressure sensor	P:09/00	DP2 series	LED display digital pressure sensor
				DP4 series	Compact digital pressure sensor
				DP5, DPH series	Head-separated type/Digital pressure sensor
	DPX2 series	LCD display digital pressure sensor	P:09/00	DP3 series	LED digital pressure sensor
	DP-Y	LED display anti-corrosive digital pressure sensor	P: 05/04	-
	DSA-L100	Displacement sensor	P: 03/03	LH-50 series	LED type optical displacement sensor
	DSA-C	Displacement sensor	P: 12/99
	DSA-C-1,	Displacement sensor
	DSAL100,SET	(A set of one controller and one sensor)
	DSA-C-2,	Displacement sensor
	DSAL100,SET	(A set of one controller and two sensors)
	DX series	DC 2-wire photoelectric sensor	P :06/01	RX2 series	Tough & intelligent
					DC 2-wire photoelectric sensor
E	EQ-20 series	Adjustable range&fixed-focus reflective	O:05/09	CX-400 series	Compact/for general purpose
		photoelectric sensor	P: 05/12
	EX2 series	Compact photoelectric sensor	P: 06/01	CX-400 series	Compact photoelectric sensor
	EX3 series	Economical photoelectric sensor	P: 06/01
	EX4-LS30RE	Spot beam/convergent reflective photoelectric sensor	P :03/96	EX-43	Spot beam/convergent reflective photoelectric sensor
				EX-43T	With timer
	EX-D30 series	Ultra-compact photoelectric sensor	P: 05/04	EX-10/20/30 series	Photoelectric sensor for general purpose
				CY series	Cylindrical photoelectric sensor
F	FD-CM2	Flexible fiber	P:12/94	FD-P80	Flexible fiber
	FD-CM2S			FD-P40
				FD-P2
	FD-5	Reflective fiber	O 09/04	FD-FM2	Reflective fiber
			P 03/05
	FT-CM2	Flexible fiber	P:12/94	FT-P80	Flexible fiber
	FT-CM2S			FT-P40
	FT-C4		P:09/00	FT-P2
	FT-K2	Narrow beam fiber	P:03/03	FT-K8	Narrow beam fiber
	FT-KV2	Narrow beam side-view fiber		FT-KV8
	FT-E10	Ultra-small diameter fiber	P:03/03	FT-E12	Ultra-small diameter fiber
	FT-E11			FT-E22
	FT-E20
	FT-E21
	FD-G1000	High precision/reflective fiber	P:12/94	FD-G4	High precision/
	FD-G1500			FD-G5	reflective fiber
	FD-G2000			FD-WG5
	FD-500	Standard fiber	O:05/09	FD-FM2	Standard fiber
	FD-500S	(reflective type)	P:05/12	FD-FM2S	(reflective type)
	FD-500S4			FD-FM2S4
	FD-N500			FD-NFM2
	FD-N500S			FD-NFM2S
	FD-N500S4			FD-NFM2S4
	FD-SN500			FD-SNFM2
	FD-SNM1SV2			FD-V41
	FT-500	Standard fiber	O:05/09	FT-FM2	Standard　fiber
	FT-500S	(thru-beam type)	P:05/12	FT-FM2S	(thru-beam type)
	FT-500S4			FT-FM2S4
	FT-N500			FT-NFM2
	FT-N500S			FT-NFM2S
	FT-N500S4			FT-NFM2S4
	FT-S500			FT-SFM2
	FT-SN500			FT-SNFM2
	FT-SNM1SV2			FT-V22
	FD-N4	Standard fiber	O:05/09	FD-NFM2	ndard fiber
	FD-N8	(reflective type)	P:05/12	FD-FM2	(reflective type)
	FT-N8	Standard fiber		FT-FM2	Standard fiber
	FT-NB8	(thru-beam type)		FT-B8	(thru-beam type)
	FD-F9	Pipe mountable liquid level detection sensor	O:05/09	FD-F4-M5T	Pipe mountable liquid level detection sensor
	FD-F91		P:05/12	FD-F41-M5T
	FT-F905			FT-F902-M5T
	FD-KM1S2	Narrow-view sensor	O:05/09　P:05/12	-	-
	FT-KM1S2
	FD-S9	Standard fiber(reflective type)		-	-
	FD-L42	Fixed-focus reflective fiber	O:05/09	FD-L44S	Fixed-focus reflective fiber
	FD-WL42		P:05/12
	FD-P20	Flexible fiber	O:05/09	FD-P2	Flexible fiber
	FT-P20		P:05/12	FT-P2
	FT-H35-M2A	Heat-resistant fiber		FT-H35-M2	Heat-resistant fiber
	FX-A3 series	Fiber sensor	P:03/97	FX-300 series	Digital fiber sensor
				FX-311 series	Manually setting fiber sensor
	FX4-A3RH type	Fiber sensor high-speed sensing type	P:03/97	FX-13	High speed fiber sensor
	FX5 series	Automatic sensitivity setting fiber sensor	P:03/97	FX-300 series	Digital fiber sensor
	FX5-A3 *
	FX5-AE3 *
	FX5-AS3 *		P:06/01
	FX4E series	Supreme sensitivity fiber sensor	P:06/01
	FX4N series	General purpose fiber sensor	P:06/01
	FX4L series	Fiber sensor	P:06/01
	FX-7series	Slim body automatic sensitivity setting fiber sensor	O:05/09	FX-300 series	Digital fiber sensor
			P:05/12
	FX-10 series(except FX-11A）	Slim body manually sensitivity set fiber sensor	O:05/09
			P:05/12
	FX-D1/A1/M1 series	Slim body digital/auto/manual setting fiber sensor	O:05/09
			P:05/12
	FX-302/303 series	High-functional/high speed digital fiber sensor	O:05/09
			P:05/12
G	GX-12M	Amplifier built-in typeinductive proximity sensor (3-wire type)	P:11/95	GX-N12M	DC 3-wire cylindrical inductive proximity sensor
	GX-12MB			GX-N12MB
	GX-12ML			GX-N12ML
	GX-12MLB			GX-N12MLB
	GX-18M			GX-N18M
	GX-18MB			GX-N18MB
	GX-18ML			GX-N18ML
	GX-18MLB			GX-N18MLB
	GX-30M			GX-N30M
	GX-30MB			GX-N30MB
	GX-18H	Square-shaped long range inductive proximity sensor	P:12/94	GL-18H	Square-shaped/top sensing inductiveproximity sensor
	GXL-12F	Micro-size inductive proximity sensor	P:09/92	GXL-N12F	Micro-size inductive proximity sensor
	GXL-12Fl			GXL-N12FI
	GXL-12F-P			GXL-N12F-P
	GXL-12FI-P			GXL-N12FI-P
	GXL-12FT			GXL-N12FT
	GXL-12FTI			GXL-N12FTI
	GXL-12FT-P			GXL-N12FT-P
	GXL-12FTI-P			GXL-N12FTI-P
	GS3	Metal-free inductive proximity sensor	P:03/98	-	-
	GS4	Metal-select inductive proximity sensor	P:03/98	-	-
	GSA series	Amplifier-separated analog output inductive proximity sensor	P:03/03	GP-A series	High accuracy eddy current type displacement sensor
I	ID-M series	Optical ID system	P:12/98	ID-P series	Optical ID system
	ID-4M series
	ID-P series (ID unit and some others)
	ID-R series	Electromagnetic coupled ID system	P:09/02	-	-
	IS-NC5L series	Length-evaluation sensor	P:06/96	VI series	Image sensor
	IX series	Image sensor	P:08/96
K	KA1 series	Power-free general purpose photoelectric sensor	O:05/09	-	-
		(Some models were discontinued at Jan.2005)	P:05/12
	KM1 series	Analog output type photoelectric sensor		-	-
L	L1D-150	Laser scanning sensor	P:10/01	-	-
	L2D-50
	L2D-100
	LA-T series	Winding wire granular flaw detector	O09/03	-	-
			P03/04
	LE-10	LED micrometer	P:03/00	LD series	Laser type edge detection sensor
	LE-30	LED micrometer
	LE-CC3	Extension cable
	LE-CC1-R	RS-232C cable
	LH-100	Laser type displacement sensor	P:07/99	LH-50 series	LED type optical displacement sensor
	LH-100-1
	LH-100-D			LM10 series	Micro laser sensor
	LH-100-1D			HL-C1 series	Ultrahigh-speed laser displacement sensor
	LM300	Laser sensor	P:07/02	HL-C1 series	Ultrahigh-speed laser displacement sensor
	LM100	Laser sensor	O 12/03	LM10 series	Micro laser sensor
			P 06/04
	LX-12N	Color mark sensor	P:06/02	FZ-10 series	Color detection fiber sensor
	LG	Laser micrometer	P:05/04	-	-
M	ME series	Amplifier built-in photoelectric sensor	P:03/97	CX-400 series	Compact/for general use photoelectric sensor
	MF18 series	Cylindrical photoelectric senso	P:03/94	CY series	Cylindrical photoelectric senso
	MP series	Photoelectric sensor	P:03/97	-
	MP-F series	Fiber sensor		FX-300 series	Digital fiber sensor
	MQ-F series	Fiber sensor
	MQ series	Ultra-compact photoelectric sensor	P:03/97	CX-400 series	Compact photoelectric sensor
	MP-PC series	Controller	P:03/97	NPS series	Controller
					Suitable for DIN rail.
	MR3-CE/MR3 series	Twin-lens adjustable range&	O:05/09	EQ-500 series	Twin-lens adjustable range&fixed-focus reflective photoelectric sensor
		fixed-focus reflective photoelectric sensor	P:05/12
	MS-AJ series	Universal sensor mounting stand	O08/03	MS-AJ1/AJ2 series	Universal sensor mounting stand
			P09/03
N	NX-20 series	Compact photoelectric sensor	P:03/99	CX-20 series	Compact photoelectric sensor
				CX series	Photoelectric sensor with an inverter light resistant circuit
				CX-400 series	Compact photoelectric sensor
	NX-30 series	Amplifier built-in type photoelectric sensor	P:03/96	CX-20 series	Compact photoelectric sensor
				CX series	Photoelectric sensor with an inverter light resistant circuit
				CX-400 series	Compact photoelectric sensor
	NX-50 series	Multi-voltage type photoelectric sensor	P:06/01	NX5 series	Compact multi-voltage photoelectric sensor
				VF series	Terminal connection type multi-voltage photoelectric sensor
	NX-70 series	Terminal type & multi-voltage photoelectric sensor	P:03/96	VF series	Terminal connection type multi-voltage photoelectric sensor
	NA25-3	Parts-taking verification sensor	P:06/01	NA1-PK3 series	Compact picking sensor
	NA25-5	Area sensor	P:03/95	NA1-5	Ultra-slim body 25mm beam pitch area sensor
				NA1-PK5
	NA50-3	Area sensor	P:03/95	NA1-5	Ultra-slim body 25mm beam pitch area sensor
				NA1-PK5
	NA2 series	Slim body 20mm beam pitch area sensor	P:03/03	NA2-N series	Slim body 20mm beam pitch area sensor
	NA40-S series	40mm beam pitch fail-safe area sensor	P:03/02	SF2-AA series	Compact global safety light curtain
	NA-SC (Controller)
	NA40-B series	40mm beam pitch area sensor meeting	P:05/04	SF4-AH series	Compact global safety light curtain
	NA-AC (Controller)	overseas standards
O	ORE series	Rotray encoder	P:03/01	-
	ORE-C7 series	Encoder controller
P	PA-11	RS-520/RT-410 series	P:06/01	SU-7 series	Amplifier-separated automatic sensitivity setting photoelectric sensor
		Special amplifier		SS-A5	Manual sensitivity setting photoelectric sensor
	PA-11D	RS-520/RT-410 series		SU-7	Amplifier-separated automatic sensitivity setting photoelectric sensor
		Special amplifier		SU-77
		With timer		SU-79
				SS-A5	Manual sensitivity setting photoelectric sensor
	PAD-00	Digital pressure controller for PNX series	P:03/99	CA-T1	Digital panel controller
	PAD-C00			CA-B1
	PAD-C01			CA2-T1	Ultra-compact digital panel controller
	PNX series	Pneumatic compact pressure sensor	P:03/99	DP2 series	LED display digital pressure sensor
				DP5, DPH series	Head-separated type digital pressure sensor
	PRX series	Vacuum pressure sensor	P:05/04	DP4 series	Compact digital pressure sensor
	PS-830L	LX-12N special controller	P:06/02	-
	PS-830-SA series	RS/RT-SAS series	P:01/03	FX-11A	Slim body analog fiber sensor
		Special controller (analog sensor )
	PS-930	Removal terminal-block type controller	P:03/03	NPS series	Sensor controller
	PS-930-D-5S
	PS-930A	RS-520/RT-410 series	P:06/01	SU-7 series	Amplifier-separated automatic sensitivity setting photoelectric sensor
	PS-930A-D-5S	Special amplfier		SS-A5	Manual sensitivity setting photoelectric sensor
	PS-13B series	Explosion-proof controller for BRS/BRT	P:10/91	BR-C7	Explosion-proof controller for BRX
	PX1-DM3N series	Long range & wide area photoelectric sensor	P:03/03	PX-2 series	Long range & wide area photoelectric sensor
	PSS-500	Slim body photoelectric sensor	P:06/01	EX-10 series	Ultra slim photoelectric sensor
				EX-13B
				EX-17
	PUW2 series	Picking system	O09/04	-
	PUW3 series		P03/05
R	REX	Rotrary encoder		-
	RS/RT series	Die-cast photoelectric sensor	P:03/01	RX series	Tough&intelligent photoelectric sensor
	(There are many products that do not have recommended substitution.)			RX-LS200 series	Adjustable range & fixed-focus
					Reflective photoelectric sensor
	RS/RT-SAS series	Super analog sensor	P:03/01	FX-11A	Analog fiber sensor
	RS-520	Amplifier-separated photoelectric sensor	P:06/01	SH series	Amplifier-separated photoelectric sensor
	RT-410 series	(Head)			(Head)
	RS-1121-UV series	Fluorescence mark sensing device	O:04/06	-	-
	RS-1220 series		P:03/03	-	-
	BRS/BRT series	Explosion-proof photoelectric sensor	P:10/91	BRX series	Explosion-proof photoelectric sensor
				BFX4N series	Explosion-proof fiber sensor
	RX-D300	Tough&intelligentAmplifier built-in robust photoelectric sensor	P:03/01	RX-D700	Tough&intelligent photoelectric sensor
				RX2-D300	Amplifier built-in photoelectric sensor
	RX3 series	Tough&intelligent	P:05/04	RX series	Tough&intelligent photoelectric sensor
S	SA40 series	40mm beam pitch multi-functional area sensor	P:06/01	SF2-AA series	Compatc global safety light curtain
				SF4-AH series	Compact global safety light curtain
				SF2-A series