Creating Drive Connections - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

Creating drive connections

Up to eight connections to so-called logical drives (data carriers) can be configured. These
drives can be accessed in the "Program manager" and "Startup" operating areas.
The following logical drives can be set up:
● USB interface
● CompactFlash card of the NCU, only for SINUMERIK Operate in the NCU
● Network drives
● Local hard disk of the PCU, only for SINUMERIK Operate on the PCU
Note
The USB interfaces of the NCU are not available for SINUMERIK Operate and therefore
cannot be configured.
4.1 Setting up drives
The "Set Up Drives" window is available in the "Start-up" operating area for configuration.
File
The created configuration data is stored in the "logdrive.ini" file. This file is located in the
/user/sinumerik/hmi/cfg directory.
SINUMERIK Operate (IM9)
Commissioning Manual, 03/2013, 6FC5397-1DP40-3BA1
Software option
In order to use the CompactFlash card as data carrier, you require the "Additional
HMI user memory on CF card of the NCU" option (not for SINUMERIK Operate on
PCU or PC).
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