Product Recycling And Disposal; (Europe Only); End-Of-Life Battery Disposal; Information On Rohs Directive 2011/65/Eu (Rohs Ii) - ABB AWT420 Manual

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Product recycling and disposal

(Europe only)

ABB is committed to ensuring that the risk of any
environmental damage or pollution caused by any of
its products is minimized as far as possible. The
European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(WEEE) Directive that initially came into force on
August 13 2005 aims to reduce the waste arising from
electrical and electronic equipment; and improve the
environmental performance of all those involved in
the life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment.
In conformity with European local and national
regulations, electrical equipment marked with the
above symbol may not be disposed of in European
public disposal systems after 12 August 2005.
NOTICE
For return for recycling, please contact the equipment
manufacturer or supplier for instructions on how to return
end-of-life equipment for proper disposal.

End-of-life battery disposal

The transmitter contains a small lithium battery (located on the
processor/display board) that must be removed and disposed
of responsibly in accordance with local environmental
regulations.
Information on ROHS Directive 2011/65/EU
(RoHS II)
ABB, Industrial Automation, Measurement &
Analytics, UK, fully supports the objectives of the
ROHS II directive. All in-scope products placed on the
market by IAMA UK on and following the 22nd of July
2017 and without any specific exemption, will be
compliant to the ROHS II directive, 2011/65/EU.

Cleaning

The complete transmitter can be hosed down if it has been
installed to IP66/NEMA 4X standards, i.e. cable glands are
correctly fitted and all unused cable entry holes are blanked off
– see page 6 and page 5.
Warm water and a mild detergent can be used.
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Cyber security

This product is designed to be connected to and to
communicate information and data via a digital communication
interface. It is your sole responsibility to provide and
continuously ensure a secure connection between the product
and your network or any other network (as the case may be).
You shall establish and maintain any appropriate measures
(such as but not limited to the application of authentication
measures etc.) to protect the product, the network, its system
and the interface against any kind of security breaches,
unauthorized access, interference, intrusion, leakage and/or
theft of data or information.
ABB Ltd and its affiliates are not liable for damages and/or
losses related to such security breaches, any unauthorized
access, interference, intrusion, leakage and/or theft of data
or information.

Communication protocol specific

The HART protocol is an unsecured protocol, as such the
intended application should be assessed to ensure that these
protocols are suitable before implementation.
The Modbus protocol is an unsecured protocol, as such the
intended application should be assessed to ensure that these
protocols are suitable before implementation.
The PROFIBUS PA protocol is an unsecured protocol, as such
the intended application should be assessed to ensure that
these protocols are suitable before implementation.
The PROFIBUS DP protocol is an unsecured protocol, as such
the intended application should be assessed to ensure that
these protocols are suitable before implementation.