YOKOGAWA BA11, Instruction Manual

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The following Information must be included
in the letter accompanying the returned
goods:
• Model Code and Serial Number
• Original Purchase Order and Date
• Length of time in service
• Description of the fault and circumstances
of the failure
• Process/environmental conditions that
may be related to the failure of the sensor
• Statement as to whether warranty or non-
warranty service is requested
• Complete shipping and billing instructions
for return of material, plus the name and
phone number of a contact person that
can be reached for further information
1-3. Serial Number definition
The Serial Number is defined by nine (9)
alphanumeric characters:
X
1
,X
2
: Production Location
X
3
, X
4
: Year/Month code
X
5
, X
6
, X
7
, X
8
, X
9
: Tracking number
Example: N3P600028
See table 1 and 2.
Table 1: Production Year code
Year Year code Year Year code
2014 P 2027 4
2015 R 2028 5
2016 S 2029 6
2017 T 2030 7
2018 U 2031 8
2019 V 2032 9
2020 W 2033 A
2021 X 2034 B
2022 Y 2035 C
2023 Z 2036 D
2024 1 2037 E
2025 2 2038 F
2026 3 2039 G
Table 2: Production Month code
Month Month code
January 1
February 2
March 3
April 4
May 5
June 6
July 7
August 8
September 9
October A
November B
December C
1-4. Safety Precautions
In order to protect the system controlled
by the product and the product itself and
ensure safe operation, observe the safety
precautions described in this user’s manual.
We accept no liability for safety if users
fail to observe these instructions when
operating the product. If this instrument
is used in a manner not specified in this
user’s manual, the protection provided by
this instrument may be impaired. If any
protection or safety circuit is required for the
system controlled by the product or for the
product itself, prepares it separately.
Be sure to use the spare parts defined by
YOKOGAWA for replacement. Modification
of the product is strictly prohibited because
it may be hazardous to operate. Please
contact Yokogawa before making any repair
or modification.
The following safety symbols are used on
the product as well as in this manual.
This symbol indicates that an operator must
follow the instructions laid out in this manual
in order to avoid the risks, for the human
body, of injury, electric shock, or fatalities.
The manual describes what special care the
operator must take to avoid such risks.