Procedure For Creating The Card Images Of Configurations; Preparing The Memory Card Of The Simotion Device - Siemens SIMOTION Function Manual

Note
When activating a configuration using an initial configuration, please also note the restrictions
for the initial configuration given in Selecting and activating a configuration using an initial
configuration (Page 99) (in the Notice information).
Note
If you do not observe the above procedure, the retentive system variables of a technology
object will be initialized when a different configuration is activated.
The _configurationManagement.preserveToRetainData system variable can only be
changed in offline mode and takes effect after the configuration has been activated or
downloaded. It cannot be changed in online mode or in a user program.
The setting for the download for the initialization of retentive variables (Options > Settings
menu, Download tab) has no effect.
6.6

Procedure for creating the card images of configurations

The individual steps of how to create the card images of the configurations and the associated
kernel are described in the following.
1. Preparing the memory card of the SIMOTION device (Page 107)
2. Creating the work directories on the PC/PG (Page 108)
3. Saving the configuration files in the work directories on the PC/PG (Page 111)
4. Creating the compressed configuration files (Page 114)
5. Saving the kernel in the work directory on the PC/PG (Page 115)
6. Creating the card images of the configurations (Page 115)
Note
The following steps can also be automated by means of SCOUT scripting. Appropriate scripts
are shown in the appendix in "Creating the card images for configuration servers by means
of SCOUT scripting" (Page 121).
6.6.1

Preparing the memory card of the SIMOTION device

Check the following:
1. The SIMOTION Kernel for the associated SIMOTION device is present on the card.
2. The INSTALL directory in the root directory of the card does not contain any files or
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subdirectories.
Changing the active configuration or the active kernel
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