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Guidelines for the Safety of the User and Protection of the Programmable
Controller (PLC)
This manual provides information for the use of the FX famil
y
of PLC’s. The manual has been
written to be used b
y
trained and competent personnel. The definition of such a person or
persons is as follows;
a) An
y
en
g
ineer who is responsible for the plannin
g
, desi
g
n and construction of automatic
equipment usin
g
the product associated with this manual should be of a competent
nature, trained and qualified to the local and national standards required to fulfill that
role. These en
g
ineers should be full
y
aware of all aspects of safet
y
with re
g
ards to
automated equipment.
b) An
y
commissionin
g
or service en
g
ineer must be of a competent nature, trained and
qualified to the local and national standards required to fulfill that
j
ob. These en
g
ineers
should also be trained in the use and maintenance of the completed product. This
includes bein
g
completel
y
familiar with all associated documentation for the said
product. All maintenance should be carried out in accordance with established safet
y
practices.
c) All operators of the completed equipment should be trained to use that product in a safe
and coordinated manner in compliance to established safet
y
practices. The operators
should also be familiar with documentation which is connected with the actual operation
of the completed equipment.
Note :
the term ‘completed equipment’ refers to a third part
y
constructed device which
contains or uses the product associated with this manual.
Note’s on the Symbols used in this Manual
At various times throu
g
h out this manual certain s
y
mbols will be used to hi
g
hli
g
ht points of
information which are intended to ensure the users personal safet
y
and protect the inte
g
rit
y
of
equipment. Whenever an
y
of the followin
g
s
y
mbols are encountered its associated note must
be read and understood. Each of the s
y
mbols used will now be listed with a brief description of
its meanin
g
.
Hardware Warnings
1) Indicates that the identified dan
g
er
WILL
cause ph
y
sical and propert
y
dama
g
e.
2) Indicates that the identified dan
g
er could
POSSIBLY
cause ph
y
sical and propert
y
dama
g
e.
3) Indicates a point of further interest or further explanation.
Software Warnings
4) Indicates special care must be taken when usin
g
this element of software.
5) Indicates a special point which the user of the associate software element should
be aware of.
6) Indicates a point of interest or further explanation.