Siemens SINAMICS G150 Operating Instructions Manual page 475

Activating know-how protection
Know-how protection is activated via STARTER in the online mode as follows:
● Select the drive unit via Project > Know-how protection drive unit > Activate.
● A dialog appears in which the following settings can be made:
● After closing the dialog with OK know-how protection is activated, the data (parameters,
NOTICE
Password check for know-how protection and Windows language settings
A change to the Windows language settings after activating know-how protection can cause
errors for a subsequent password verification. As a consequence, only characters from the
ASCII character set should be used for the password.
Note regarding know-how protection
CAUTION
Safely deleting existing unencrypted data
If unencrypted data have already been saved on the memory card before saving encrypted
data, then this data will not be safely deleted. No special deletion method is applied in order
to completely and finally remove unencrypted data from the memory card.
In this case, users must ensure that the unencrypted data are safely and reliably deleted,
for instance by using special PC-based tools.
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– It can be selected as to whether know-how protection should be realized with or
without copy protection.
– By clicking on Define an additional dialog opens, in which the password can be
entered and acknowledged. The password must comprise at least one character, it
may not exceed a length of 30 characters, all characters are permissible.
– By selecting Copy from RAM to ROM the settings are permanently saved after exiting
the screen form.
If Copy RAM to ROM is not selected, then the settings for know-how protection are
only saved in a volatile fashion and are no longer available after the system has been
switched on the next time.
DCC) are saved, encrypted on the memory card.
In all of the protected setting parameters, in the expert list, instead of the parameter
value, the "know-how protected" text is displayed.
Functions, Monitoring, and Protective Functions
9.2 Drive Functions
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