Maintenance and service
5.4 SIMOTION CompactFlash Card
D410
132 Commissioning Manual, 08/2008 Edition

Saving technology and user data to the CompactFlash Card

The CompactFlash Card can be used as storage volume for technology and user data
(programs, configuration data and parameters) from the "volatile data" area. Proceed as
follows:
1. Go online to SIMOTION D410 on your programming device / PC (see the chapter
"Creating a project").
2. Select the "Copy RAM to ROM" command in SIMOTION SCOUT to write the data to your
CompactFlash Card.

Writing data to a CompactFlash Card on your programming programming device / PC

A CompactFlash Card adapter must be installed on the programming device / PC and can
be used to write data to the CompactFlash Card. Always save your project data to
CompactFlash Card using the programming device / PC before you update the SIMOTION
firmware, for example.
Note
Do not use any of the onboard tools in Windows to modify or delete files which were written
to the CompactFlash Card using the "Copy RAM to ROM" function in SIMOTION SCOUT.
Such actions may irrevocably destroy your project.
5.4.3 Formatting the CompactFlash Card
You can format a faulty CompactFlash Card, for example. Proceed as follows:
1. Insert the CompactFlash Card into a CompactFlash Card adapter which is connected to
your programming device / PC.
2. Format the CompactFlash Card in Windows (FAT file system).
The CompactFlash Card is formatted.