UNINTENDED EQUIPMENT OPERATION

• Touch panel switches should NOT be used to make a switch that could result in human injury or equipment damage. Trouble with the display unit, units, and cables which keep the output ON or OFF could result in a serious accident. An output signal that could result in a serious accident must be equipped with a monitoring circuit such as a limiter. Please design the system so that important operation switches are handled by equipment other than the display unit. This will prevent potential accidents as a result of incorrect output or malfunctions.

• Touch panel switches should NOT be used for a device's Emergency Stop Switch. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare requires all industrial machinery/systems must be equipped with a mechanical, manually operate emergency stop switch. Also, for other kinds of systems, similar mechanical switches must be provided to ensure safe operation of those systems.

• Do NOT allow data input that trigger unintended operations that could result in human injury or equipment damage. Design the system so that important operation commands are handled by equipment other than the personal computer running Pro Server EX. This should prevent potential accidents as a result of incorrect output or malfunction.

• Pro-Server EX should NOT be used for a device's or system Emergency Stop Switch. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare as well as the European machine directive requires all industrial machinery/systems must be equipped with a mechanical, manually operate emergency stop switch. Also, for other kinds of systems, similar mechanical switches must be provided to ensure safe operation of those systems.

• Do not use Pro-Server EX to control machine safety operations. Emergency stop switches and the like should be installed as separate hardware switches.

• Be sure to design your system so that a communication interruption between Pro-Server EX and the display unit or host controller will not cause equipment to malfunction. This is to prevent any possibility of body injury or equipment damage.

• Do not use Pro-Server EX as a warning device for critical alarms that can cause serious operator injury, machine damage or halt system operation. Critical alarm indicators and their control/activation units must be designed using stand-alone hardware and mechanical interlocks.

• Do not use Pro-Server EX with aircraft control devices, aerospace equipment, central trunk data transmission (communication) devices, nuclear power control devices, or medical life support equipment, due to their inherent requirement for extremely high levels of safety, redundancy and reliability. Do not use for these purposes.

• Do not use Actions to control systems that can cause serious injury or death.

Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, serious injury, or equipment damage.