Siemens simatic PC 577 Operating Instructions Manual page 6

Preface
Related documentation
The documentation for the Panel PC includes the following sections:
• SIMATIC Panel PC 577, Operating Instructions (compact) with the following information:
• SIMATIC Panel PC 577, Operating Instructions
The documentation is supplied with the Panel PC in electronic form as a PDF file on the
"Documentation & Drivers" CD. QuickStart for the Panel PC 577 is also supplied in printed
form. The documentation is available in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish.
Additional information about the Windows operating system is available in the Internet at the
Microsoft homepage, "www.Microsoft.com".
Online Availability
The following links will bring you directly to the technical documentation collection for
SIMATIC products and systems in the languages German, English, French, Italian and
Spanish.
• SIMATIC Guide Technische Dokumentation in Deutsch:
• SIMATIC guide to technical documentation in English:
Conventions
The following text notation will facilitate reading this manual:
Representation
"File"
"File > Edit"
<F1>, <Shift>+<F1>
The term "Panel PC 577", "control unit" and "computer unit" is uniformly refered to as the
"device" in these operating instructions. The full term is only used when a concrete reference
is necessary.
Note
A note is important information about the product, handling the product or a reference to
specific sections of the documentation that require special consideration.
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– Commissioning
– Legal information
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Scope
Terminology that occurs in the user interface, e.g., dialog
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names, tabs, buttons, menu commands.
Inputs required, e.g., limit values, tag values
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Path information
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Operational sequences, e.g., menu items/shortcut menu items.
Keys and key combinations
Operating Instructions, Release 04/2006, A5E00798484-01
SIMATIC Panel PC 577