General
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General
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Information in these instructions
These instructions make it possible to work with the device in a safe and efficient manner.
Compliance with all of the safety and handling instructions specified in this operating manual is a
prerequisite to working with the device in a safe manner and to use it properly. In addition,
compliance is also necessary with the guidelines, standards, local accident prevention regulations
and general safety regulations that apply for the device's area of application.
The instructions are a component of the product and must be kept in the immediate vicinity of the
device, so that installation, operational, maintenance, and cleaning personnel may access them
at any time. The graphical illustrations in these instructions serve to depict the facts that are being
explained and are therefore not necessarily true to scale and may differ from the actual design of
the device.
The data and material properties that are presented below are guidelines. They
must be reviewed for each individual case and corrected if necessary.
For the commissioning of the various communication and device applications, you
can use the application manual of the EK205-M (see section 1.1.1).
1.1.1 Downloading manuals from Docuthek
Elster Gas provides user documentations such as manuals, certificates, data sheets and
technical information bulletins for various device types in Docuthek. The documents are updated
on a regular basis:
https://docuthek.kromschroeder.com
Use the device type EK205-M as your search term.
Check the PDF after downloading it.
You can use SHA-1 checksum information to check the file integrity of a PDF after
downloading it using a suitable tool.
The desired value of the SHA-1 checksum for a PDF can be found in Docuthek in
the detailed information in the section entitled "Remarks" or, if you have
downloaded the PDF from the Elster-Instromet website, in brackets next to the
download link.
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