Siemens SIMOTION D455-2 - Update Via Compactflash Card; Backup of the Compactflash Card Data

Service and maintenance
7.4 Performing a firmware and project update
SIMOTION D4x5-2
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7.4.5 Update via CompactFlash card
7.4.5.1 Backup of the CompactFlash card data
Backing up licenses, retain data, and user data
Prior to upgrading/downgrading, as a precaution we recommend backing up the entire
contents of the CompactFlash card to the PG/PC using the card adapter and Windows
Explorer.
How you should proceed when it comes to backing up and subsequently restoring data on
the CompactFlash card depends on whether licenses and/or other retain data and user data
which will be required again after the upgrade/downgrade are located on the CompactFlash
card.
Case 1: If the CompactFlash card contains no licenses and no retain data or user data which will be
required after the upgrade/downgrade.
You do not need to take any steps in this case. Delete the contents of the CompactFlash
card and install the firmware as described.
Case 2: If the CompactFlash card contains licenses (e.g. axis licenses)
Before loading the new firmware, back up the "KEYS" directory to your PC. This can then be
copied back to the CompactFlash card once you have installed the new firmware.
Note
The license key is stored in the "KEYS" directory on the CompactFlash card. When the
SIMOTION device starts up for the first time, the license key is saved in the boot sector of
the CompactFlash card.
A license key saved in the boot sector cannot be deleted by means of a user operation; nor
can it be deleted by formatting the CompactFlash card or rewriting the boot loader.
If the Keys.txt file is no longer present on the CompactFlash card (because the "KEYS"
directory has been deleted, for example), it will be written again from the boot sector to the
"KEYS" directory while the SIMOTION device is starting up. The license key can be changed
at any time (by relicensing, for example). When the device is next started up, the license key
will be saved in the boot sector again.
In the event of the loss of a license key, a copy can be obtained via the Web License
Manager at the following Internet address (http://www.siemens.com/automation/license
).
You will need the HW serial number printed on the CompactFlash card. In the Web License
Manager, you have the option of displaying the associated license key.