Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual page 1067

3. Make the required settings here:
4. Confirm your settings with "Backup" to start generation of the disk image.
PCU Base Software (IM10)
Commissioning Manual, 03/2013, 6FC5397-1DP40-3BA1
Section Settings
Base Source disk
parameters
Destination file
Base Connect share
parameters >
Destination file
Select
destination
Optional Split image size Splitting the disk image and selecting a split image size.
parameters
Compress
image
Purpose
Select a data medium of which you want to create a data
image.
Enter a target directory and file name.
Disk images can be stored either locally or in the network.
Open the "Connect a share" dialog box. (Page 66)
You can set up a shared resource (e.g. a directory in the
network), to which you can store the disk image.
Open the "Select destination file" dialog box.
You can navigate through a local directory on the PCU 50.5
and enter a file name.
You can split the disk image into several files of a defined size.
Split the disk image size in the following cases:
If the file system (e.g. FAT32) can only manage files of a
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certain size.
If the disk image is to be archived onto multiple data
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media, for example, when using CDs.
Activating Compression or selecting a compression level.
Higher compression results in a smaller file size but increases
the time needed to compress or decompress the data.
Backing up and restoring data
5.5 Creating a disk image
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