Setting The Card Type - Siemens SIMATIC ET 200SP System Manual

11.2

Setting the card type

Setting the card type
You can use the SIMATIC memory card as a program card or as a firmware update card.
Procedure
To set the card type, follow these steps:
1. To set the card type, insert the SIMATIC memory card into the card reader of the
programming device.
2. Select the "SIMATIC Card Reader" folder in the project tree.
3. In the properties of the selected SIMATIC memory card, specify the card type:
● Program card
You use a program card as an external load memory for the CPU. It contains the entire
user program for the CPU. The user program is transferred from the load memory to the
work memory and runs there. When you remove the SIMATIC memory card with the user
program, the CPU goes into STOP mode.
The following folder is created on the SIMATIC memory card: SIMATIC.S7
● Firmware update card
You can save firmware for CPUs and for I/O modules on a SIMATIC memory card. It is
thus possible to perform a firmware update with the help of a specifically prepared
SIMATIC memory card.
The following folder is created on the SIMATIC memory card: FWUPDATE.S7S
Reference
You can find more information on this topic in the STEP 7 online help.
Distributed I/O system
System Manual, 12/2015, A5E03576849-AF
SIMATIC memory card
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