Siemens S7-400 Purpose of the Manual, Required Basic Knowledge, Scope of this Manual, Approvals

Preface

Purpose of the Manual

The manual contains reference information on operator actions, descriptions of functions and technical specifications of the central processing units, power supply modules and interface modules of the S7-400.

How to configure, assemble and wire these modules (and other) in an S7-400 system is described in the installation manuals for each system.

Required Basic Knowledge

You will need general knowledge of automation to understand this manual.

Prerequisite is also sufficient knowledge in the use of computers or PC-type equipment (programming devices, for example) with Windows 2000 or XP operating system. The S7-400 system is configured in STEP 7 standard software. You should therefore have sufficient knowledge of this standard software. This knowledge is provided in the “Programming with STEP 7” manual.

Please note the information on the safety of electronic control systems in the appendix of this manual, in particular when operating an S7-400 in safety-relevant areas.

Scope of this Manual

The manual applies to the S7-400 automation system.

Approvals

You can find details on approvals and standards in the “Module Data” reference manual.

Place of this Documentation in the Information Environment

This manual is part of the documentation package for S7-400.

System			Documentation Package
S7-400	•	S7-400	Programmable Controller; Hardware and Installation
	•	S7-400	Programmable Controllers; Module Data
	• Automation System S7-400; CPU Data
	•	S7-400	Instruction List

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