Siemens SINAMICS Configuration Manual page 42

Security measures for SINAMICS
5.2 Write protection and know-how protection
5. Select the required option:
– "Temporarily" deactivating: Know-how protection is active again after switching off and
– "Permanently" deactivating: Know-how protection remains deactivated even after
If you select "Permanently", you can also carry out a data backup on the Control Unit with
"Copy RAM to ROM". The checkbox with the same name is active in this case and is
automatically activated. If you deactivate this checkbox, you must perform a manual RAM
to ROM data backup later if the know-how protection remains deactivated after switching
off and on.
6. Enter your password, and click "OK".
Know-how protection is now deactivated. If larger data volumes are being decrypted, a
progress display informs that the decryption or the deactivation of the know-how protection
is still running. The values of all parameters are displayed again in the expert list.
However, after switching off and switching on the power supply, the password remains
deleted.
Changing the password
Requirement
● Know-how protection has been activated for the drive unit.
Procedure
To change the password for the know-how protection, proceed as follows:
1. Connect the drive unit to the programming device.
2. Go online with STARTER.
If you have generated a project offline on your computer, you must load the project into the
drive unit and go online.
3. Select the required drive unit in the project navigator of your STARTER project.
4. Call the shortcut menu "Drive unit know-how protection > Change password".
The "Change Password" dialog box opens.
Figure 5-6
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switching on.
switching off and switching on again.
Changing the password
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