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avoiding potential hazards when working with these products/systems.
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described. Since variance cannot be precluded entirely, we cannot guarantee full consistency. However, the
information in this publication is reviewed regularly and any necessary corrections are included in subsequent
editionsFunctions that relate in general to the systems are described in this system manual.
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commissioning the systems.
Changes compared to previous version
Compared to the previous version, this manual contains the following changes:
● New licensing conditions and copyright information of the Open Source Software
● New technical specifications
Conventions
The term "CPU" is used in this manual both for the CPUs of the automation system,
as well as for interface modules of the ET 200MP distributed I/O system.
Please also observe notes marked as follows:
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secure operation of plants, systems, machines and networks.
In order to protect plants, systems, machines and networks against cyber threats, it is
necessary to implement – and continuously maintain – a holistic, state-of-the-art industrial
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Customers are responsible for preventing unauthorized access to their plants, systems,
machines and networks. Such systems, machines and components should only be
connected to an enterprise network or the if and to the extent such a connection is
necessary and only when appropriate security measures (e.g. firewalls and/or network
segmentation) are in place.
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secure. strongly recommends that product updates are applied as soon as they are
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longer supported, and failure to apply the latest updates may increase customers' exposure
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