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1. General
1.1. Target Group
The MNS Digital Edge device is the hardware platform for ABB Ability™ Condition Monitoring for electrical systems (in the following ‘CMES’).
Audiences of this manual are service technicians and switchgear operators on site.
This document describes the communication and user interfaces of the MNS Digital Edge device and CMES.