1 Safety and requirements for product use
8 Festo – GDCP-CMMD-AS-HW-EN – 1404NH – English
1 Safety and requirements f or product use
1.1 Security
1.1.1 Safety instructions
Warning
Danger of electric shoc k
Touching live parts causes severe injuries and can lead to death:
– When the module or c over plate is not mounted on the card slot [EXT]
– When cables are not mounted to the plugs [X6.1], [X6.2] and [X9]
– When connecting cables are disconnected when powered.
The product must be installed in a control cabinet and may only be used if all safeguard-
ing has been initiated.
Before touching live parts during maintenance, repair and cleaning work and when there
have bee n long service interruptions:
1. Switch off power to the electrical equipment via the mains switch and secure it
against being switched on again.
2. After switch-off, wait at least 5 minutes discharge time and chec k that power is
turned off before accessing the motor controller.
Warning
Danger of electric shoc k
This product can cause a DC current in the protective ground conductor. In cases where
an error current protection unit (RCD) or an error current monitoring device (RCM) is
used to protect against direct or indirect contact, only the Type B kind of RCD or RCM is
permitted on the power supply side of this product.
Caution
Danger of burns from hot surfaces
Dependent on the load of the motor controller, housing temperatures > 80 °C are pos-
sible in operation.
• Protect hot surfaces from contact in operation.
• Touch them only in a switched-off, cooled-off status.