84 Program features
Miscellaneous
Backup and restore of drive contents
General
The drive offers a possibility of backing up numerous settings and configurations to
external storage such as a PC file (using the DriveStudio tool) and the internal
memory of the control panel. These settings and configurations can then be restored
to the drive, or a number of drives.
Backup using DriveStudio includes
• Parameter settings
• User parameter sets
• Application program.
Backup using the drive control panel includes
• Parameter settings
• User parameter sets.
For detailed instructions for performing the backup/restore, refer to page 39 and the
DriveStudio documentation.
Limitations
A backup can be done without interfering with drive operation, but restoring a backup
always resets and reboots the control unit, so restore is not possible with the drive
running.
Restoring backup files from one firmware version to another is considered risky, so
the results should be carefully observed and verified when done for the first time. The
parameters and application support are bound to change between firmware versions
and backups are not always compatible with other firmware versions even if restore is
allowed by the backup/restore tool. Before using the backup/restore functions
between different firmware versions, refer to the release notes of each version.
Applications should not be transferred between different firmware versions. Contact
the supplier of the application when it needs to be updated for a new firmware
version.
Parameter restore
Parameters are divided into three different groups that can be restored together or
individually:
• Motor configuration parameters and identification (ID) run results
• Fieldbus adapter and encoder settings
• Other parameters.
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