2 Safety and other advices
2.1 Intended application
The board is electrical equipment. It may be used only in the following applications:
Automation of industrial systems
Measurement data logging and analysis
Applications of iba Software products (ibaPDA, ibaLogic, etc.)
This board must only be connected to peripheral devices of iba AG or dedicated de-
vices of other manufacturers.
-through of the ibaFOB board family into virtual machines (VMs) is not sup-
ported, because additional latencies may result in loss of measurement data or firmware
updates are not performed correctly and the
ibaFOB board
no longer functions as a
resu
lt.
2.2 Conventional installation
This board must only be installed in IBM-PC compatible computers (PC).
2.3 Special safety advices
Switch off the PC and disconnect it from the mains power supply before opening!
This board contains components which can be destroyed by electrostatic discharge. Be-
fore touching the board
, make sure that your body is electrically discharged or work in
a
designated ESD protected area
!
The standards for handling electrostatic sensitive
devices (ESD) must be followed.