Foreword
1 Foreword
1.1 Notesonthedocumentation
Thisdescriptionisonlyintendedfortheuseoftrainedspecialistsincontrolandautomationengineeringwho
arefamiliarwiththeapplicablenationalstandards.
Itisessentialthatthefollowingnotesandexplanationsarefollowedwheninstallingandcommissioning
thesecomponents.
Theresponsiblestaffmustensurethattheapplicationoruseoftheproductsdescribedsatisfyallthe
requirementsforsafety,includingalltherelevantlaws,regulations,guidelinesandstandards.
Disclaimer
Thedocumentationhasbeenpreparedwithcare.Theproductsdescribedare,however,constantlyunder
development.
Forthatreasonthedocumentationisnotineverycasecheckedforconsistencywithperformancedata,
standardsorothercharacteristics.
Intheeventthatitcontainstechnicaloreditorialerrors,weretaintherighttomakealterationsatanytime
andwithoutwarning.
Noclaimsforthemodificationofproductsthathavealreadybeensuppliedmaybemadeonthebasisofthe
data,diagramsanddescriptionsinthisdocumentation.
Trademarks
Beckhoff
®
,TwinCAT
®
,EtherCAT
®
,SafetyoverEtherCAT
®
,TwinSAFE
®
,XFC
®
andXTS
®
areregistered
trademarksofandlicensedbyBeckhoffAutomationGmbH.
Otherdesignationsusedinthispublicationmaybetrademarkswhoseusebythirdpartiesfortheirown
purposescouldviolatetherightsoftheowners.
PatentPending
TheEtherCATTechnologyiscovered,includingbutnotlimitedtothefollowingpatentapplicationsand
patents:
EP1590927,EP1789857,DE102004044764,DE102007017835
withcorrespondingapplicationsorregistrationsinvariousothercountries.
TheTwinCATTechnologyiscovered,includingbutnotlimitedtothefollowingpatentapplicationsand
patents:
EP0851348,US6167425withcorrespondingapplicationsorregistrationsinvariousothercountries.
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Offenderswillbeheldliableforthepaymentofdamages.Allrightsreservedintheeventofthegrantofa
patent,utilitymodelordesign.
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