Safety Guidelines

This manual contains notices which you should observe to ensure your own personal safety, as well as to protect the product and connected equipment. These notices are marked as follows according to the level of danger:

Danger

indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury.

Warning

indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.

Caution

used with the safety alert symbol indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury.

Caution

used without the safety alert symbol indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in property damage.

Notice

indicates that unwanted events or status can occur if the relevant information is not observed.

Note

draws your attention to particularly important information on the product, handling the product, or to a particular part of the documentation.

Qualified Personnel

Equipment may be commissioned and operated only by qualified personnel. Qualified personnel within the meaning of the safety notices in this manual are persons who are authorized to commission, ground and identify equipment, systems and circuits in accordance with safety engeneering standards.

Correct Usage

Please note the following:

Warning

The device may only be used for the application cases specified in the catalog and the technical description and may only be used in combination with third-party equipment and components recommended or approved by Siemens.

Startup must not take place until it is established that the machine which is to accommodate this component is conforms with the guideline 98/37 EC.

Appropriate transport, and appropriate storage, installation and assembly, as well as careful operation and maintenance, are required to ensure that the product operates perfectly and safely.

Trademarks

The registered trademarks of the Siemens AG can be found in the preface.

Impressum

Editor and Publisher: A&D PT1

Copyright Siemens AG 2002 All rights reserved

The transmission and reproduction of this documentation and the exploitation and communication of its contents are not permitted without express authority. Offenders will be liable for compensation for damage. All rights reserved, especially in the case of the granting of a patent or registration of a utility model or design.

Siemens AG

Bereich Automation & Drives

Geschäftsgebiet SIMATIC HMI

Postfach 4848, D-90327 Nürnberg

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Exclusion of Liability

We have checked the content of this publication for compliance with the described hardware and software. However, discrepancies cannot be excluded, with the result that we cannot guarantee total compliance. The information in this publication is, however, checked regularly, and any necessary corrections are included in the following editions. We welcome any suggestions for improvement.

Siemens AG 2002

Technical data subject to change.

Order No. A5E00174923

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