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2.7.8 Special features of the software
Firmware HSCI components have their own firmware, which must match the currently
installed NC software version. Every time the control software is started, the
NC software checks the firmware versions of the individual HSCI
components. After a software update, during initial operation or after replacing
a hardware component a firmware update may be required.
If the NC software detects that a firmware update is necessary, you will be
prompted by a dialog box to start the firmware update. Press the Start update
button in the dialog box for the update to be run automatically. The firmware
updates are included in the NC software update package. When the firmware
versions of all HSCI participants have been updated, the control boots until the
"Power interrupted" message appears.
After the firmware update you are prompted to switch off the control via the
main switch and leave it off for 60 seconds. This time must be maintained to
ensure that all components concerned are completely reset. For technical
reasons, some of the individual HSCI components must be updated
successively. This makes it necessary to switch off the control repeatedly via
the main switch.
Configuration During startup, a control in an HSCI system expects the complete
configuration of the HSCI system in the form of an IOC file. The IOconfig
software for PCs is used to configure the system, the PLC input/output
systems (PL6xxx, UEC11x, MB machine operating panel, etc.) and the
PROFIBUS components. The inputs and the keys of the handwheel cannot be
configured freely. The key information of the handwheels continues to be
mapped on to the known PLC markers.
With IOconfig, the components of an HSCI/PROFIBUS system are specified
in a project and their arrangement is described. The actual sequence of the
components must be identical with the arrangement of the components in the
IOC file. An MB machine operating panel or a PLB 6001, which is connected
to X501, must be arranged as the last participant of the HSCI system. On the
basis of this data, IOconfig generates the IOC file (*.IOC) that contains all
relevant configuration data for the HSCI system. Then you transfer the IOC file
to the control. Enter the path and name of the project file
(e.g. IOCCFG = PLC:\IOC\Structur.ioc) in IOCCFG = in the OEM.SYS file.
When the control is next booted, the file is read in and evaluated by the
control.
The control must not be switched off during a firmware update!
All information required for using the IOconfig PC software and configuring
HSCI and PROFIBUS components is contained in the IOconfig Technical
Information, which is available for registered customers from the
HEIDENHAIN HESIS-Web including Filebase on the Internet.
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