SBC PCD2.M5 Series - Page 58

Hardware Manual for the PCD2.M5 Series│Document 26/856; Version EN 12│2014-07-24
Saia-Burgess Controls AG
MemorymodulePCD3.R600forashcards(FCs)
PCD2.M5_ Classic CPUs and expansion housings
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standardPCtools.TheSBClesystemiscalledSAIANTFS.FFS.
IndividualleswithinSAIANTFS.FFScanbeaccessedwithasoftwaretoolforPCs
provided by SBC.
As10%oftheSDcardcapacityisreservedfortheFAT,thisextractionPCtoolcanbe
copiedthere.ThisallowsdatastoredintheSBClesystemtobeaccessedquickly
on any PC with a standard SD card reader. The SBC PC tool can also make copies of
SAIANTFS.FFSonanydrive.AnyremainingFATstoragespacecanbeusedtosave
documentation or for other purposes.
The PCD2.R6000 can be used for PCD2 program backup in the same way as the
PCD7.R500.ThePCD2programbackupiswrittentothelebackup.seiinaspecied
areaandidentiedasahiddenread-onlyleintheFAT.
 ApartfromtheSAIANTFS.FFSandbackup.seiles,lesintheFATareacannotbe
accessedwhentheSDcardisinsertedintothePCD2.Duringformatting,aleis
writtentotheFATareacontainingthepropertiesoftheSDcard.Dataaccessisfaster
with a commercial SD card reader/writer than with a PCD2.