Defined States; Overview - Siemens SIMOTION P320-4 E Commissioning And Hardware Installation Manual

Figure 9-11
System functions for backing up/restoring unit variables and global device variables:
● _loadUnitDataset()
● _saveUnitDataset()
● _importUnitDataset()
● _exportUnitDataset()
With unit variables, however, generally only unit variables of the interface section can be saved.
In addition, all variables of the unit declared as retain variables will be saved.
SIMOTION SCOUT function Save variables...:
● The data is saved in the unitdata.xml file on the SIMOTION SCOUT computer.
SIMOTION SCOUT function Restore variables...:
● Restores the saved retain variables, also across different versions.
9.8.5

Defined states

9.8.5.1

Overview

An initial state can be restored by loading data backups, as described in the section Project
update (Page 99), or via the reset functions of the SIMOTION P State application.
Transfer backup from the file system
Download backups that were stored on the file system using the backup mechanisms
described previously.
For further information see Single backups (Page 104).
Detailed information about the backup options for detailed states can be found at:
● Restore the factory setting using SIMOTION P State (Page 108)
● Overall reset using SIMOTION P State - operating mode switch setting MRES (Page 108)
● Delete SRAM via SIMOTION P State - button Restart (Del. SRAM) (Page 109)
SIMOTION P320-4 E / P320-4 S
Commissioning and Hardware Installation Manual, 01/2015
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