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Operating Instructions, 03/2018, A5E44260928-AA 
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1  Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 5 
1.1  Preface ...................................................................................................................................... 5 
1.2  Documentation guide ................................................................................................................ 6 
2  Safety information ................................................................................................................................... 7 
2.1  Safety information ..................................................................................................................... 7 
2.2  Security information .................................................................................................................. 9 
2.3  IT security ................................................................................................................................. 9 
3  System overview ................................................................................................................................... 10 
3.1  Field of application .................................................................................................................. 10 
3.2  Features .................................................................................................................................. 11 
3.3  System configuration .............................................................................................................. 12 
3.4  System requirements .............................................................................................................. 13 
3.5  Design ..................................................................................................................................... 14 
4  Functions .............................................................................................................................................. 15 
4.1  Cyclic and acyclic data exchange ........................................................................................... 15 
4.2  Response to errors ................................................................................................................. 18 
5  Application planning .............................................................................................................................. 19 
5.1  Installation guidelines.............................................................................................................. 19 
5.2  Installation location ................................................................................................................. 20 
5.3  Transportation ......................................................................................................................... 23 
5.4  Storage ................................................................................................................................... 23 
5.5  Scope of delivery .................................................................................................................... 23 
6  Mounting/Extending .............................................................................................................................. 24 
6.1  Installing the device ................................................................................................................ 24 
7  Connecting ........................................................................................................................................... 26 
7.1  Safety instructions and guidelines .......................................................................................... 26 
7.2  Power supply and potential ratios ........................................................................................... 28 
7.3  Connecting 24 V DC ............................................................................................................... 31 
7.4  Connecting the functional ground ........................................................................................... 32 
7.5  Connecting PROFINET........................................................................................................... 33 
7.6  Connecting the M-Bus ............................................................................................................ 34