Drives - Siemens SIMATIC PG 720 P Manual

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Drives

Drive Types
The PG 720 is equipped with the following drives as standard:
Table 3-5
Floppy (diskette) drive
Hard disk drive
Floppy Disk Drive Using the floppy disk drive, you can save programs and data on diskettes and
load them on the PG 720.
Types of Diskette You can use the following diskettes:
Table 3-6
3.5 inch
1.44 Mbytes (135 TPI)
80 tracks per side
Handling Diskettes
You insert diskettes into the drive as shown below:
The access LED for the floppy disk drive lights up on the front of the device
when the diskette is being accessed.
Caution
!
Risk of data loss!
You must not remove the diskette as long as the access LED is lit.
Otherwise, you may lose the data on the diskette.
Do not remove the diskette until the access LED on the drive or on the front
panel of the PG 720 has gone out.
PG 720 P Programming Device
C79000-G7076-C721-02
Standard Drives
Type of Drive
3.5 inch
2.5 inch
Types of Diskette
Double-Sided High-Density Diskette
Ejector
Getting to Know the PG 720
Format Capacity
1.44 Mbytes
See Product Bulletin
Double-Sided Double-Density Diskette
3.5 inch
720 Kbytes
80 tracks per side
Access LED
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