General Technical Specifications; Standards And Approvals - Siemens SIMATIC Operating Instructions Manual

General Technical Specifications

Overview
This chapter presents the following information about fail-safe modules:
● Information about the most important standards and approvals
● Information about the general technical specifications
General Technical Specifications
The general technical specifications include the standards and test values met by the fail-
safe modules when used in an ET 200pro as well as the criteria used to test the fail-safe
modules. The transport and storage requirements for the fail-safe modules and the
prescribed environmental conditions are also included.
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Standards and Approvals

CE Certification
The ET 200pro fail-safe modules meet the requirements and protection targets of the
following EC Directives and comply with the harmonized European Standards (EN) for
programmable logic controllers published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities:
● 73/23/EEC "Electrical Equipment for Use within Fixed Voltage Ranges" (Low-Voltage
● 89/336/EEC "Electromagnetic Compatibility" (EMC Directive)
The EC declarations of conformity are kept available for the responsible authorities at:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Automation and Drives
A&D AS RD ST Type Test
P.O. Box 1963
D-92209 Amberg
Federal Republic of Germany
ET 200pro Distributed I/O System - Fail-Safe Modules
Operating Instructions, 05/2007, A5E00394073-02
Directive)
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