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About this User Guide
Who Should Use
this User Guide This user guide is written for any qualified perso n at your site who is responsible for
installing (mounting and interconnecting), operating, testing and maintaining your
Lexium 17S SERCOS drive and the servo system equipment with which it
interfaces. In addition, the following precautions are advised:
lTransportation of the drive to, or from, an installation site should only be
performed by personnel knowledgeable in handling electrostatically sensitive
components.
lCommissioning of the equipment should only be performed by personnel
having extensive knowledge of, and experience with, electrical and drive
technologies.
You are expected to have some overall understanding of what your 17S SERCOS
drive does and how it will function in a high-performance, multi-axis motion control
system. Accordingly, be sure you read and understand the general information,
detailed descriptions and associated procedures presented in this manual, as well
as those provided in other relevant manuals, before installing your 17S. (See

Related System Components

later in this chapter.)
If you have questions, please consult your Schneider Electric customer
representative.
How this User
Guide Is
Organized
This manual is organized as follows.
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Chapter/Appendix Description
Chapter 1
About this User Guide
An introduction to this manual — who should use
this manual, how this manual is organized,
related publications, hazards and warnings.
Chapter 2
Lexium 17S Product Overview
General descriptions of the 17S SERCOS
drives, descriptions of components that are
supplied by Schneider in a typical 17S system,
and a block diagram for internal electronics.
Chapter 3
Mounting and Physical Dimensions
Physical dimensions and information for
mounting the 17S SERCOS drive, optional
Regen resistor and (if required) optional servo
motor choke.