Switch Installation
This chapter describes how to install your switch, verify the boot fast, and connect the switch to other devices. It also
includes information specifically for installations in hazardous environments.
Read these topics, and perform the procedures in this order:
Preparing for Installation, page 11
Connecting to Power, page 12
Installing the Switch, page 19
Connecting Alarm Circuits, page 21
Connecting Destination Ports, page 23
Where to Go Next, page 26
Preparing for Installation
This section provides information about these topics:
Installation Guidelines, page 11
Installation Guidelines
When determining where to place the switch, observe these guidelines.
Environment and Enclosure Guidelines
Review these environmental and enclosure guidelines before installation:
This equipment is intended for use in a Pollution Degree 2 industrial environment, in overvoltage Category II
applications (as defined in IEC publication 60664-1), at altitudes up to 9842 ft (3 km) without derating.
This equipment is considered Group 1, Class A industrial equipment, according to IEC/CISPR Publication 11. Without
appropriate precautions, there may be potential difficulties ensuring electromagnetic compatibility in other
environments due to conducted as well as radiated disturbance.
This equipment is supplied as open-type equipment. It must be mounted within an enclosure that is suitably
designed for those specific environmental conditions that will be present and appropriately designed to prevent
personal injury resulting from accessibility to live parts. The enclosure must have suitable flame-retardant properties
to prevent or minimize the spread of flame, complying with a flame-spread rating of 5VA, V2, V1, V0 (or equivalent)
if nonmetallic. The interior of the enclosure must be accessible only by the use of a tool. Subsequent sections of this
publication might contain additional information regarding specific enclosure-type ratings that are required to
comply with certain product safety certifications.
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