Upgrading The Firmware - Siemens SINAMICS G120XA Operating Instructions Manual

10.3.2

Upgrading the firmware

Overview
When upgrading the firmware, you replace the converter firmware by a later version.
Precondition
Converter and memory card have different firmware versions.
Function description
Procedure
1. Switch off the converter power supply.
2. Wait until all LEDs on the converter are dark.
3. Insert the card with the matching firmware into the converter slot
4. Switch on the converter power supply again.
5. The converter transfers the firmware from the memory
6. At the end of the transfer, the LED RDY and BF slowly flash red
SINAMICS G120XA converter
Operating Instructions, 03/2019, FW V1.0, A5E44751205B AB
until it latches into place.
card into its memory.
The transfer takes approximately 5 ... 10 minutes.
While data is being transferred, the LED RDY on the con‐
verter stays red. The LED BF flashes orange with a vari‐
able frequency.
(0.5 Hz).
Power supply failure during transfer
The converter firmware will be incomplete if the power supply fails
during the transfer.
● Start again with step 1 of the instructions.
Corrective maintenance
10.3 Firmware upgrade and downgrade
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