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12 Replacing Software and Hardware
12.4 Standard system start-up via NC card
12.4.2
SINUCOPY-FFS
FFS:
Flash file system
Software/hardware
requirement
Functions
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The SINUCOPY-FFS program can be used to write to and read NC cards
for the NCU on a PC with an active PCMCIA slot, both with the SINUMERIK
system software (NC) and with a Flash file system (FFS).
A Flash file system is comparable to a DOS data medium. Before data can be
stored, the system must be formatted. Directory structures can then be created
and files can be saved in any format.
The data medium is an electrically erasable EPROM. This means that the
relevant area must be deleted before writing. Algorithms specially matched to
the module identification are required for deleting and writing. They essentially
define the speed at which the data can be written.
An FFS can normally be read directly by DOS/WINDOWS. Since the NC card
also stores the NC system software, which is not present in FFS format, this is
possible only with SINUCOPY-FFS.
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The following PCMCIA card drivers/hardware are supported:
– CSM OMNI97 (external PCMCIA device operated at the parallel inter-
face of the PC)
– PG740/PG720C (with CSM driver CISIO-S)
– LAPTOPS with PCMCIA slots (with Intel driver ICARDRV3 – only for
cards up to a max. of 4 MB)
– CSM PCJB slots (only for cards up to a max. of 4 MB)
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The program runs under Windows 95. Also under Windows NT if CSM
OMNI97 is used.
SINUCOPY-FFS can perform the following functions on the FFS area of the NC
card independently of the SINUMERIK system software (NC):
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read
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modify
S
re-write
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re-format
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create new directories
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copy a file to directories and subdirectories
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read and write system SW
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write data to an NC card
SINUMERIK 840D/810D Start-Up Guide (IADC) – 03/2006 Edition
© Siemens AG 2006 All Rights Reserved
03/2006
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