Service and maintenance
7.4 Performing a firmware and project update
SIMOTION D4x5-2
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7.4.5.2 Firmware update via CompactFlash card
Procedure
Proceed as follows to perform the upgrade:
1. Switch off the power supply to the D4x5-2.
2. Remove the CompactFlash card from the SIMOTION D4x5-2 and insert it into the
CompactFlash card adapter on your PC.
3. Open Windows Explorer. The CompactFlash card must be visible as a removable data
carrier in the Windows Explorer under an arbitrary drive letter.
4. If necessary, back up the licenses, retain data, and user data on the CompactFlash card
to your PC (see Section Backup of the CompactFlash card data (Page 337)).
5. Delete all the
data from the CompactFlash card.
6. Unzip the firmware file to the CompactFlash card using a ZIP file utility such as WinZip.
Always maintain the file structure when setting up the unpacking tool.
7. Copy the data saved in step 4 back to the appropriate folder structure on the
CompactFlash card.
8. Remove the CompactFlash card from the CompactFlash card adapter on your PG/PC.
9. Insert the CompactFlash card into the D4x5-2.
10. Switch on the power supply for the D4x5-2. The new firmware is loaded from the
CompactFlash card to the SIMOTION D4x5-2.
7.4.5.3 Upgrading SINAMICS
Depending on the settings, the SINAMICS components are also automatically upgraded to
the component version of the CompactFlash card with a firmware upgrade of the
SIMOTION D.
The component version can be obtained from the CONTENT.TXT file in the main directory of
the CompactFlash card.
Updating the firmware of SINAMICS components automatically
When starting up, the system automatically upgrades or downgrades all DRIVE-CLiQ
components to the version of the component firmware on the CompactFlash card.
Components that cannot be downgraded to the component firmware version on the
CompactFlash card (for example, old firmware on the CompactFlash card and new
components to which the old firmware cannot be loaded) retain their firmware version. The
resulting firmware version combinations are always functional.
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