Siemens FS720 - Station: Updating the FW of the Main CPU and Additional Cpus; Standalone Station and SAFEDLINK Station

Updating the firmware
Station: Updating the FW of the main CPU and ad
ditional CPUs
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Building Technologies
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● The procedure for updating the firmware depends on the 'Station' configuration.
A 'Station' can be configured as follows:
– ↑ Standalone Station
– ↑ SAFEDLINK Station
– ↑ Router Station, ↑ Ethernet Station
– Modular 'Station' with -↑ CPU card
● Windows firewall setting
– To connect the PC to the 'Station', the Windows firewall settings must be
changed if possible. You will find more information on this in chapter
'Setting Windows firewall [➙ 24]'.
● Communication with ↑ GAP via C-WEB/LAN
– A GAP with DHCP must be configured for a connection with the PC via C-
WEB/LAN. You will find more information in document A6V10210424. See
chapter 'Applicable documents'.
See also
2 Updating several 'Stations' simultaneously [➙ 116]
22.2 Station: Updating the FW of the main CPU and
additional CPUs
The procedure for updating the firmware depends on the nature and function of the
↑ 'Station'. The procedures are described in the following chapters.
22.2.1 Standalone station and SAFEDLINK station
You w
ill find additional information about the individual steps on the specified
pages.
w You are familiar with the information in chapter 'Preparation and security
[➙ 113]'.
1. Import the new firmware into Cerberus-Engineering-Tool.
– Select 'File' > 'Import new resource package' from the menu and open the
file you want.
2. Load the configuration from the 'Station' or your archive to the PC. Link [➙ 32]
3. NOTICE! Possible data loss. Load the configuration data and event memory to
Cerberus-Engineering-Tool before updating the firmware.
– Saving the configuration data also backs up specific system data which is
only available on the 'Station'. This includes modified customer texts, time
stamps of recent alarms, or persistent commands.
4. Convert the configuration if necessary and rectify conversion faults. Link
[➙ 128]
5. Connect the PC to the 'Station'. Link [➙ 27]
6. Update the firmware on the main CPU and the additional CPUs. Link [➙ 117]
7. Initialize the 'Station'. Link [➙ 28]
8. Test the firmware version on the additional CPUs. Link [➙ 129]
– Update the firmware, if required, of the additional CPUs again, if there is a
higher firmware version available. Link [➙ 126]
9. Disconnect the PC from the 'Station'. Link [➙ 27]