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Communication manual 8400 motec EtherCAT®

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Conventions used

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EDS84DMOTECAT EN 2.1 - 11/2012

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Conventions used

This documentation uses the following conventions to distinguish different types of

information:

Type of information

Writing

Examples/notes

Numbers

Decimal

Standard notation

Example: 1234

Hexadecimal

0x[0 ... 9, A ... F]

Example: 0x60F4

Binary

• Nibble

In inverted commas

Point

Example: ’100’

Example: ’0110.0100’

Decimal separator

Point

The decimal point is generally used.

Example: 1234.56

Text

Program name

» «

PC software

Example: Lenze »Engineer«

Window

Italics

The Message window... / The Options dialog box...

Control element

Bold

The OK button... / The Copy command... / The

Properties tab... / The Name input field...

Sequence of menu

commands

If the execution of a command requires several

commands in succession, the individual commands

are separated by an arrow: Select the File

Open

command to...

Hyperlink

Underlined

Optically highlighted reference to another subject

which is activated with a mouse-click.

Symbols

Page reference

( 8)

Optically highlighted reference to another page

which is activated with a mouse-click.

Step-by-step instructions

Step-by-step instructions are indicated by a

pictograph.

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