Product Information

November, 2001

AS 488/TM

M02.02

2.2.1 Restoring a Memory Card

This restore is necessary if the memory card is no longer bootable on an AS 488/TM (if it has been deleted with the SIMATIC Manager for example).

The procedure corresponds to an upgrade (see chapter 2.2).

Special features:

Attempting to copy the old files from the memory card to the programming device, with a faulty (empty) memory card appears the error message:

Not ready when reading from drive E: Ignore, retry, error ?

This message has to be acknowledged with 'i'. After that the MC will be formatted.

Afterwards some INI files have to be copied from the directory C:\UPGRADE\INI to the memory card and modified specifically for the user:

AS_KOM.INI

settings for the system bus

DP1.INI

parameters for the 1st DP thread

DP2.INI

parameters for the 2nd DP thread

L2AMPRO.INI

parameters for the system bus PROFIBUS-TM

STARTER.INI

starting parameters (poss. enter add-ons)

Using a CP5412 for the system bus PROFIBUS-TM, you have to copy the files DOS_CONF.DAT and FW5412 from the directory C:\UPGRADE\CP5412 to the memory card instead of the file L2AMPRO.INI.

If the display of the AS 488/TM serial number (48xxxx) in BT,STAT:@; is faulty, please contact the TELEPERM M hotline (Tel. +49 721 595 4400)!

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AS 488, TM specifications

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