User Manual Owner's manual

1 Publication 1797-6.5.2 - February 2001

Chapter

How to Install Your FLEX Ex Thermocouple/

RTD/mV Module

What this Chapter Contains

Read this chapter to install the 1797-IRT8 thermocouple/RTD/mV

module.

Before You Install Your

Analog Module

Before installing your FLEX Ex analog module:

For information on: See page:

Before You Install Your Analog

Module

3-1

Compliance to European Union

Directives

3-2

Installation in Zone 1 3-2

Removal and Insertion Under Power 3-3

Installing the Module 3-3

Connecting Wiring to the FLEX Ex

Thermocouple/RTD/mV Module

3-10

Grounding the Module 3-13

Chapter Summary 3-13

You need to: As described under:

Verify that the module will be installed in a

suitable metal enclosure

Installation in Zone 1, page 3-2

Position the keyswitch on the

terminal base

Installing the Module, page 3-8

ATTENTION

These modules do not receive primary operational

power from the backplane. +/-V dc power must be

applied to your module before installation. If power

is not applied, the module position will appear to the

adapter as an empty slot in your chassis.