
Fundamentals | Notes on reading the documentation
1.3 Notes on reading the documentation
WARNING
Fatal accidents, personal injury or property damage caused by non-compliance
with the documentation!
Failure to comply with the documentation may result in fatal accidents, personal
injury or property damage.
Read the documentation carefully from beginning to end
Keep the documentation for future reference
The following table lists the various parts of the documentation in their order of
reading priority.
Document type Description
Addendum An Addendum supplements or supersedes the
relevant contents of the User’s Manual and also
possibly of the Installation Instructions.
If an Addendum is included in delivery, then it has
the highest reading priority. All other documentation
content retains its validity.
Installation Instructions The Installation Instructions contain all the informa-
tion and safety precautions needed for the proper
mounting and installation of the product.
The Installation Instructions have the second
highest priority for reading.
Operating Instructions The Operating Instructions contain all the informa-
tion and safety precautions needed for the proper
operation of the product according to its intended
use. The Operating Instructions can be downloaded
from www.heidenhain.com/documentation.
The Operating Instructions must be read prior to
commissioning the device.
The Operating Instructions have the third highest
priority for reading.
1.4 Validity of the documentation
Before using the documentation and the product, you need to verify that the
documentation matches the product.
Compare the ID number and the index indicated in the documentation with the
corresponding data given on the ID label of the product
If the part numbers and indexes match, the documentation is valid.
If the ID numbers do not match so that the documentation is not valid,
you will find the current documentation at www.heidenhain.com.
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