Downloading And Saving User Data - Siemens SIMOTION D410 Series Commissioning Manual

Commissioning (software)

4.13 Downloading and saving user data

4.13 Downloading and saving user data
Overview
It is advisable to backup all user data (programs, configuration data, parameters) to the
CompactFlash Card after having completed commissioning of SIMOTION D410.
Downloading user data
Use the "Target system > Download > Download to the target system" command to transfer
the following data from the SIMOTION SCOUT Engineering System (ES) to the "non-volatile
data" area of SIMOTION D410:
● Configuration data
● Programs
● Parameterization
● Technology packages
The hardware configuration of SIMOTION D410 and the retain variables are also saved to
the "nonvolatile data" area.
Note
Using the menu:
• "Target system > Download > Project to target system" downloads all the project data to
• "Target system > Download > Download to target device" only downloads the data for the
All contents of the "volatile data" area are lost after you shut down SIMOTION D410!
Additional references
Additional information on the SIMOTION SCOUT engineering system can be found in the
SIMOTION SCOUT
Saving user data
The "Copy RAM to ROM" function is used in SIMOTION SCOUT to save the following data
from RAM to the CompactFlash card:
● Technology packages and user data (units, configuration data, parameters, task
● Actual values are copied to the "volatile data" area, depending on the settings in
Note
The "Copy RAM to ROM" command cannot be used to save the actual value of retain
variables to the CompactFlash Card.
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the target system.
selected device/drive element to the target device.
Configuration Manual.
configuration) of the "volatile data" area
SIMOTION SCOUT.
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Commissioning Manual, 05/2009