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14.6 Software / rmware updates
14.6.1 Software
Thenecessarystart-uplesandadescriptionoftheprocessdataandacyclicparametersareavailableonthe
InternetandcanbedownloadedfromtheBürkertwebsite:
www.burkert.com/searchterm:8681/Downloads/Software/“InitiationFilesEDSIODD”(ziple)
forportclassA: Buerkert_Werke_GmbH-ControlHead8681_ClassA-YYYYMMDD-IODDx.x.XML
forportclassB: Buerkert_Werke_GmbH-ControlHead8681_ClassB-YYYYMMDD-IODDx.x.XML
Thecorrespondingiconsandimagelesmustalsobedownloaded.
14.6.2 Firmware updates
FirmwareupdatescanonlybemadeusingthebüSserviceinterface(Micro-USB)ontheelectronicmodule
(see“Fig.36” or chapter “14.5.4”).AbüS stick and the Bürkert Communicatorarerequiredtodothis.The
BürkertCommunicator(Type8920)canalsobedownloadedfromtheBürkertwebsite.
FordetailsonconnectingthecontrolheadwiththeBürkertCommunicatorseechapter“14.1 Network prin-
ciple/interfaces”onpage75.
14.7 Safety position if the bus fails
Abusfailureorbuserrorisindicatedbythecentralmulticolourdevicestatusdisplay(topLED).Buserrors
can occur for example due to communication problems with the IO-Link master or PLC.
Whenabusfailureoccurs,thesolenoidvalvesareswitchedtoaprogrammablesafetyposition(default:
solenoidvalvesde-energised).
Internal safety position
If internal errors are detected by the device, or if the power supply of the solenoid valves cannot be
ensured,forexampledueto(massively)exceedingorfallingshortofthepermittedpowersupply,the
“internalsafetyposition”ofthesolenoidvalvesisapproached(i.e.allsolenoidvalveso)aslongasthe
error persists.
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