Preface

Typographic and Symbol Conventions

The following text formats are used when literal information from the device or to the device appear in the text
flow:

Parameter Names

Designators of configuration or function parameters which may appear word-for-word in the display of the
device or on the screen of a personal computer (with operation software DIGSI), are marked in bold letters in
monospace type style. The same applies to titles of menus.

1,234A

Parameter addresses have the same character style as parameter names. Parameter addresses contain the
suffix A in the overview tables if the parameter can only be set in DIGSI via the option Display additional set-
tings.

Parameter Options

Possible settings of text parameters, which may appear word-for-word in the display of the device or on the
screen of a personal computer (with operation software DIGSI), are additionally written in italics. The same
applies to the options of the menus.

„Messages“
Designators for information, which may be output by the relay or required from other devices or from the switch
gear, are marked in a monospace type style in quotation marks.

Deviations may be permitted in drawings and tables when the type of designator can be obviously derived from
the illustration.

The following symbols are used in drawings:

Device-internal logical input signal

Device-internal logical output signal

Internal input signal of an analog quantity

External binary input signal with number (binary input,

input indication)
External binary output signal with number
(example of a value indication)
External binary output signal with number (device indication) used as
input signal

Example of a parameter switch designated FUNCTION with address

1234 and the possible settings ON and OFF

SIPROTEC, 7SD5, Manual 7

C53000-G1176-C169-5, Release date 02.2011