Siemens CPU 31 Series - Retentivity of Memory Objects and DBs

Memory concept
4.1 Memory areas and retentivity
CPU 31xC and CPU 31x, Technical Data
Manual, 01/2006 Edition, A5E00105475-06
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Retentive data in RAM
Therefore, the contents of retentive DBs are always retentive at restart and POWER
ON/OFF.
CPUs V2.1.0 or higher also support volatile DBs (the volatile DBs are initialized at restart of
POWER OFF-ON with their initial values from load memory.)
See also
Properties of the SIMATIC Micro Memory Card (MMC) (Page 4-8)
4.1.3 Retentivity of memory objects
Retentive behavior of memory objects
The table below shows the retentive behavior of memory objects during specific operating
state transitions.
Table 4-2 Retentivity behavior of memory objects (applies to all CPUs with DP/MPI-SS)
Memory object Operating state transition
POWER ON /
POWER OFF
STOP → RUN CPU memory
reset
User program/data (load memory) X X X
• Retentive behavior of DBs for CPUs
with firmware < V2.1.0
X X –
• Retentive behavior of DBs for CPUs
with firmware >= V2.1.0
Can be set in the properties of the DBs
in STEP 7 V5.2 + SP1 or higher.
–
Flag bits, timers and counters configured as
retentive data
X X –
Diagnostics buffers, operating hour
counters
X X X
MPI address, transmission rate
(or also DP address, transmission rate of
the MPI/DP interface of CPU 315-2 PN/DP
and CPU 317 and CPU 319, if these are
configured as DP nodes).
X X X
x = retentive; – = not retentive
Retentive behavior of a DB for CPUs with firmware < V2.1.0
For these CPUs, the contents of the DBs are always retentive at POWER ON/OFF or STOP-
RUN.