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Diagnostics and service
5.4 Setting-up and upgrading the system
Result
All of the data blocks of the upgrade archive are transferred into the PLC for which no entry
exists in the descriptive file: The PLC was upgraded to the current status without overwriting
data blocks DB3, DB67 and DB111.
Rules
For the data blocks listed in the descriptive file, the following behavior is defined when
upgrading:
● If the data block of the upgrade archive does not exist in the PLC, then an appropriate
● The length of the data block is defined by the length in the upgrade archive.
● If byte addresses are defined for the data block, then these data areas are transferred
● If no byte addresses are defined for the data block, then the contents of the PLC data
● If the data block in the upgrade archive is longer than that in the PLC, then the remaining
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entry is made in the error log.
from the upgrade archive into the PLC. Error messages are output if the address either
does not exist in the upgrade archive or in the PLC.
block are kept. Where necessary, the data block is shortened to the new length.
range is filled with the contents of the upgrade archive.
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