Formatting The Compactflash Card; Bootloader On The Compactflash Card - Siemens SIMOTION D410 Commissioning Manual

Maintenance and service
6.5 SIMOTION CompactFlash Card
Writing to a CompactFlash Card without a SIMOTION D module
A CompactFlash Card adapter must be installed on the programming device / PC and can be
used to write data to the CompactFlash Card. Always save your project data to CompactFlash
Card using the programming device / PC before you update the SIMOTION firmware, for
example.
Note
Do not use any of the onboard tools in Windows to modify or delete files which were written
to the CompactFlash Card using the "Copy RAM to ROM" function in SIMOTION SCOUT.
Such actions may irrevocably destroy your project.
6.5.3

Formatting the CompactFlash Card

You can format a faulty CF card, for example.
Before formatting the CF card, please observe the notes in Section Backup of the CF card
data (Page 190).
Proceed as follows to format the CF card:
1. Insert the CF card into a CF card adapter connected to your PG/PC.
2. Format the CF card in Windows (FAT or FAT16 file system).
3. If the CF card boot loader is also defective, you will have to rewrite it.
6.5.4

Bootloader on the CompactFlash card

Writing a boot loader
A boot loader may need to be written in the following situations:
● When a new boot loader is required for the SIMOTION D410 firmware version being used.
● When a new boot loader is required for the used SIMOTION D410 hardware version.
● When the boot loader is defective.
The boot loader version can be fetched using SIMOTION SCOUT device diagnostics. If this
is not possible because of the following reason, this can be caused by an incorrect boot loader
version.
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The CF card is formatted.
Note
The CF card must only be formatted with FAT or FAT16, and must not be formatted with
FAT32 or NTFS. Note that CF cards for SIMOTION D410-2 and D4x5-2 may have FAT32
formatting!
SIMOTION D410
Commissioning Manual, 04/2014