SIMATIC Box PC 627 
Operating Instructions, Release 05/2006, A5E00362052-03 
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Table of contents 
1  Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 1-1 
1.1  Preface....................................................................................................................................... 1-1 
1.2  Guideline to the operating instructions ...................................................................................... 1-2 
2  Safety Information................................................................................................................................... 2-1 
2.1  General safety instructions ........................................................................................................ 2-1 
3  Description.............................................................................................................................................. 3-1 
3.1  Overview .................................................................................................................................... 3-1 
3.2  Areas of application ................................................................................................................... 3-2 
3.3  Benefits ...................................................................................................................................... 3-2 
3.4  Function ..................................................................................................................................... 3-3 
3.5  Features..................................................................................................................................... 3-3 
3.6  Windows XP Embedded ............................................................................................................ 3-5 
3.7  Design........................................................................................................................................ 3-6 
3.7.1  External structure....................................................................................................................... 3-6 
3.7.2  Operator Controls ...................................................................................................................... 3-8 
3.7.3  Connection elements ................................................................................................................. 3-9 
4  Application Planning ............................................................................................................................... 4-1 
4.1  Transport.................................................................................................................................... 4-1 
4.2  Unpacking and checking the delivery unit ................................................................................. 4-1 
4.3  Device identification data........................................................................................................... 4-2 
4.4  Ambient and environmental conditions...................................................................................... 4-3 
4.5  Permitted mounting positions..................................................................................................... 4-4 
5  Installation .............................................................................................................................................. 5-1 
5.1  Installation of the device with mounting brackets ...................................................................... 5-1 
5.2  Installation of the device with the vertical mounting kit.............................................................. 5-2 
6  Connecting ............................................................................................................................................. 6-1 
6.1  Connecting peripherals .............................................................................................................. 6-1 
6.2  Connecting the 120 V / 230 V Ac power supply ........................................................................ 6-2 
6.3  Connecting the (24 V) DC power supply ......................
............................................................. 6-4 
6.4  Connecting the equipotential bonding circuit............................................................................. 6-5