Settings For The Know-How Protection - Siemens SINAMICS G120 Operating Instructions Manual

Backing up data and series commissioning
9.5 Write and know-how protection
Commissioning the inverter with know-how protection
Procedure - overview
Proceed as follows to commission an inverter with know-how protection:
1. Commission the inverter.
2. Create the exception list (Page 340).
3. Activate the know-how protection (Page 338).
4. Save the settings in the inverter by copying RAM to ROM with
5. Save the project with
(machine type, password, etc.) that may be required for the support of the end customer.
You have commissioned the inverter with know-how protection.
9.5.2.1

Settings for the know-how protection

Activating know-how protection
Preconditions
● You are online with STARTER.
If you have created a project offline on your computer, you must download it to the
inverter and go online.
● You have inserted the recommended Siemens card. See also Section: Overview of
Control Units (Page 24).
Procedure
Proceed as follows to activate know-how protection:
1. Select the inverter in the STARTER project, and then select "Know-how protection drive
unit/activate ..." in the shortcut menu (see also Write protection (Page 335)).
2. Enter your password. Length of the password: 1 ... 30 characters.
For the password, we recommend that you only use characters from the ASCII character
set. If you use any character for the password, then if changes are made to the Windows
language settings after activating know-how protection, errors can occur when
subsequently checking the password.
338
on the PG/PC. Also back up any other project-related data
Operating Instructions, 06/2013, FW V4.6, A5E31759476B AB
or via p0971 = 1.
Converter with the CU250S-2 Control Unit (vector)