Update Via Compactflash Card; Backup Of The Cf Card Data - Siemens SIMOTION D410 Commissioning Manual

Maintenance and service
6.4 Performing a firmware and project update
Additional references
You will find detailed information on upgrading devices in the
Operating Instructions.
6.4.5

Update via CompactFlash Card

6.4.5.1

Backup of the CF card data

Backing up licenses, retain data, and user data
Prior to upgrading/downgrading firmware, as a precaution we would generally recommend
backing up the entire content of the CF card to the PG/PC using the card adapter and Windows
Explorer.
How you should proceed when backing up and subsequently restoring data on the CF card
depends on whether licenses and/or other retain data and user data that will be required again
in the future are located on the CF card.
Case 1: The CF card contains no licenses and no retain or user data that is still required
You do not need to take any steps in this case. Delete the content of the CF card and update
the firmware as described.
Case 2: The CF card contains licenses (e.g. axis licenses)
Before loading the new firmware, back up the "KEYS" directory to your PC. This can then be
copied back to the CF card once you have installed the new firmware.
Note
The license key is stored in the "KEYS" directory on the CF card. When the SIMOTION device
starts up for the first time (as of firmware version V4.1), the license key is saved in the boot
sector of the CF card.
A license key saved in the boot sector cannot be deleted by means of a user operation; nor
can it be deleted by formatting the CF card or rewriting the boot loader.
If the Keys.txt file is no longer present on the CF card (because the "KEYS" directory has
been deleted, for example), it will be written again from the boot sector to the "KEYS" directory
while the SIMOTION device is starting up. The license key can be changed at any time (by
relicensing, for example). When the device is next started up, the license key will be saved
in the boot sector again.
If you lose the license key, you can get it back via the Web License Manager on the Internet,
at Internet address (http://www.siemens.com/automation/license). You require the hardware
serial number printed on the CF card to do this. In the Web License Manager, you have the
option of displaying the corresponding license key.
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SIMOTION D410
Commissioning Manual, 04/2014