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POSITIP 880
Installation Instructions
Complete Operating Instructions available at www.heidenhain.de
1.  How to use these instructions
The installation instructions contained in this document provide the information necessary 
to install this product. This information is just a part of the information available in the 
POSITIP 880 Operating Instructions, 383170-xx. The Operating Instructions can be 
downloaded from www.heidenhain.de.
These instructions are intended for use by personnel qualified to install, operate and 
maintain the HEIDENHAIN POSITIP 880.
A qualified person is someone who’s technical education, knowledge and experience, 
as well as knowledge of the relevant system of rules qualifies the person to evaluate the 
delegated task and recognize possible hazards.
Messages shown in these instructions
The following examples show how safety, property damage and general advice messages 
are shown in these instructions. Read and understand these types of messages before 
proceeding to prevent personal injury or property damage.
Messages about other safety messages. These supplemental directives do 
not address specific hazards, but instead provide information that promotes 
awareness and use of specific safety messages.
Warning!
Messages that provide information about the nature of a hazardous situation, 
the consequences of not avoiding a hazardous situation, and method(s) for 
avoiding a hazardous situation.
Notice
Messages that provide information primarily about situations that can lead to 
property damage, the potential consequences of not avoiding the situations, or 
method(s) for avoiding the situations and general advice messages.
Fonts used in these instructions
Items of special interest or concepts that are emphasized to the user are shown in 
bold type.
2.  Model information
This guide covers specifications, mounting and installation for the following models:
Product name ID Indexes
POSITIP 880 368018-01 -,A,B,C,D,E,F
Notice
Verify that these Installation Instructions are valid by matching the Index listed 
above with the Index on the product. If the indexes do not match, download the 
applicable Installation Instructions from www.heidenhain.de.
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POSITIP 880
ID 123456-xx xx
SN 12 345 678 x
Product name
ID
Index
ID label
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Contents
How to use these instructions ...................8
Model information ......................................8
Safety ..........................................................9
Specifications .............................................. 9
Mounting .....................................................9
Installation .................................................10
Operating elements ..................................12
Initial power-up .......................................... 12
Maintenance .............................................12