Siemens SIMATIC NET PROFIBUS manual Copyright Siemens AG 1998 All rights reserved

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 highlighted in the manual by a warning

triangle and are marked as follows according to the level of danger:

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Danger

indicates that death, severe personal injury or substantial property damage will result if proper precautions are not taken.

Warning

indicates that death, severe personal injury or substantial property damage can result if proper precautions are not taken.

Caution

indicates that minor personal injury or property damage can result if proper precautions are not taken.

Note

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

Qualified Personnel

Only qualifiedpersonnel should be allowed to install and work on this equipment Qualified persons are defined as persons who are authorized to commission, to ground, and to tag circuits, equipment, and sy- stems in accordance with established safety practices and standards.

Correct Usage

Note the following:

Warning

!This device and its components may only be used for the applications described in the catalog or the technical description, and only in connection with devices or components from other manufacturers which have been approved or recommended by Siemens.

This product can only function correctly and safely if it is transported, stored, set up, and installed cor- rectly, and operated and maintained as recommended.

Trademarks

SIMATICR, SIMATIC HMIR and SIMATIC NETR are registered trademarks of SIEMENS AG.

Third parties using for their own purposes any other names in this document which refer to trademarks might infringe upon the rights of the trademark owners.

Copyright Siemens AG 1998 All rights reserved

The reproduction, transmission or use of this document or its contents is not permitted without express written authority. Offenders will be liable for damages. All rights, including rights created by patent grant or registration of a utility model or design, are reserved.

Siemens AG

Bereich Automatisierungstechnik

Geschäftsgebiet Industrie-Automatisierung

Postfach 4848, D-90327 Nürnberg

Disclaimer of Liability

We have checked the contents of this manual for agreement with the hard- ware and software described. Since deviations cannot be precluded entirely, we cannot guarantee full agreement. However, the data in this manual are reviewed regularly and any necessary corrections included in subsequent editions. Suggestions for improvement are welcomed.

ESiemens AG 1998 Subject to technical change.

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Order no. C79000–G8976–C122