Siemens Simatic SM331 Getting Started page 2

Safety-related Guidelines
This manual contains notices intended to ensure personal safety, as well as to protect
the products and connected equipment against damage. These notices are highlighted
by the symbols shown below and graded according to severity by the following texts:
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Danger
indicates that death, severe personal injury or substantial property damage will result
if proper precautions are not taken.
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Warning
indicates that death, severe personal injury, or substantial property damage can result
if proper precautions are not taken.
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Caution
indicates that minor personal injury or property damage can result if proper precautions
are not taken.
Note
contains important information about the product, its operation or a part of the document
to which special attention is drawn.
Qualified personnel
A device/system may only be commissioned or operated by qualified personnel.
Qualified personnel as referred to in the safety guidelines in this document are persons
authorized to energize, de-energize, clear, ground, and tag circuits, equipment and
systems in accordance with established safety practice.
Correct Usage
Please observe the following:
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Warning
The equipment/system or the system components may only be used for the applications
described in the catalog or the technical description, and only in combination with
the equipment, components, and devices of other manufacturers as far as this is recommended
or permitted by Siemens.
The product will function correctly and safely only if it is transported, stored, set up,
and installed as intended, and operated and maintained with care.
Registered Trademarks
SIMATIC®, SIMATIC HMI® and SIMATIC NET® 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 2003 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 Automation and Drives
Geschäftsgebiet Industrial Automation Systems
Postfach 4848, D- 90327 Nürnberg
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Disclaimer of Liability
We have checked the contents of this manual for agreement with
the hardware 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.
© Siemens AG 2003
Technical data subject to change.
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