Setting The Card Type - Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 System Manual

Service life of a SIMATIC memory c ard
The service life of a SIMATIC memory card depends essentially on the following factors:
● Number of delete/write operations per memory block
● Number of written bytes
● External influences, such as ambient temperature
Reference
You can find additional information on the service life of the SIMATIC memory card as well
as on memory utilization and memory areas to be used in the Structure and Use of the CPU
Memory (https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/de/de/view/59193101/en) Function
Manual.
11.2

Setting the card type

Introduction
You can use the SIMATIC memory card as a program card or as a firmware update card.
Procedure
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:
● P rogram c ard
You use a program card as an external load memory for the CPU. It contains the entire
user program for the CPU. The CPU transfers the user program from the load memory to
the work memory. The user program runs in the work memory.
The following folder is created on the SIMATIC memory card: SIMATIC.S7
● Firmware update c ard
You can save firmware for CPUs and for I/O modules on a SIMATIC memory card. You
can perform a firmware update with the help of a specially prepared SIMATIC memory
card.
The following folder is created on the SIMATIC memory card: FWUPDATE.S7S
Reference
You can find additional information in the STEP 7 online help.
Automation system
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