Programmers With A Hard Disk (E.g. Pg685) - Siemens SIMATIC S5 Manual

Getting Started
Apart from the system diskette, you also require the COM diskette with the COM package which
will later also contain the machine data and machining programs in the form of data blocks. You
create this diskette by formatting a new diskette (DSKMAINT), Following this, the COM package
can be copied to this diskette.
> A> PIP <CR>
— —
Newly formatted diskette in drive B:
— —
>
> *<CR>
With the PG635, you do not need to create your own system diskette, The PG635 is started with
the PC P/M-86 system diskette (booting). Following this, you take the system diskette from drive
A: and insert the ZEFU diskette. This diskette contains all the files mentioned above and "S5
DOS", The COM247 diskette is inserted in drive B:, When you have loaded COM247 (the logo
a data diskette inserted in its place,
5.3.4.2 Programmers with a Hard Disk (e.g. PG865)
Programmers with a hard disk have the advantage that almost all programs and data can be
accessed directly owing to the high capacity of the hard disk, This means that several SIMATIC
program packages can be located simultaneously on the same data medium.
Installing PC P/M
If your programmer is new and PC P/M is not yet installed, you must first format the hard disk
with the PC P/M utility "HDFORM6" (see PC P/M User' sGuide, page 6-29).
Remember
From release 1.0/5 (1 .0/6 for PG695) HDFORM6 has been replaced by HDPARTYPlease
refer to the manual for further information. On the PG 750, HDFORM6 has been replaced by
Caution
When formatting the hard disk, all programs and data already on the
disk are lost!!
Start the PG by turning on the power or using the keyswitch
> A> HDFORM6 <CR>
Enter the disk capacity, e.g. 12 MBytes
> 12
>
Y
5 - 8
<CR>