ESD guidelines (DeltaV RM100 switches)

The media modules are equipped with electrostatically sensitive components. These can be destroyed, or their life cycles reduced, by the effects of an electrical field or by a charge equilization if the card is touched. For this reason, the cards are packaged in a conductive ESD protective bag on delivery. The packaging can be reused.

Make sure you adhere to the following protection measures for electrostatically endangered assemblies:

• Create electrical equipotential bonding between yourself and your environment, e.g. using a wristband, which you clamp to the basic device (knurled screw of an interface card). When the power supply cable is connected, the basic device is grounded via the power supply connection.
• Only now do you take the card out of the conductive bag.
• Outside the basic device, only store the cards in a conductive ESD protective bag.

ESD protective field equipment is available for the safe handling of electrostatically endangered assemblies.

You can find more information about electrostatically endangered assemblies in DIN/IEC 47 (Sec) 1330; February 1994 Edition and DIN EN 100 015.