Siemens SIMOTION D4x5-2 Commissioning And Hardware Installation Manual page 366

Service and maintenance
8.4 Performing a firmware and project update
In the event of the loss of a license key, a copy can be obtained via the Web License Manager
at the following Internet address (http://www.siemens.com/automation/license). You will need
the hardware serial number printed on the CF card. In the Web License Manager, you have
the option of displaying the associated license key.
Case 3: The CF card contains retain data / user data that is still required in the future
If you are using your application to back up data to the CF card, you must back this up before
upgrading the new firmware.
Example:
● Backup of the retain data
– user\simotion\pmemory.xml
– user\sinamics\nvram\pmemory.acx or \nvram\xx\pmemory.acx
● Backing up SIMOTION IT user files, settings (e.g. trace.xml), task trace data, log files, and
Java files (classes, archives, user file system, etc.), stored in the following directories:
– user\simotion\hmicfg
– user\simotion\hmi
● Backing up configuration data for modular machines in conjunction with the
_activateConfiguration system function, stored in the following directory:
– install\simotion
● Backing up unit data (data saved on the CF card using _saveUnitDataSet/
_exportUnitDataSet), stored in the following directory:
– user\simotion\user dir\<unitname>
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For non-volatile SIMOTION data backed up with _savePersistentMemoryData
For non-volatile SINAMICS data (Integrated or CX32-2) backed up with p7775
Note
When a version is changed, you must use the "Save variables" function to back up data
saved using _saveUnitDataSet or _exportUnitDataSet in a way that is not dependent
on the version. You then have the option of restoring them using "Restore variables."
When performing an upgrade with a firmware version that is ≥ V4.1, these two functions
are only required for backing up and restoring unit data sets that have been created
using _saveUnitDataSet.
Retain and unit data (saved with _exportUnitDataSet) remain valid even after a version
upgrade.
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