Siemens SIMOTION Series

Application
● Data backup when replacing the SIMOTION P320‑4
● Restore the SRAM after a failed consistency check (battery failure,…)
● Backup the data for Unit variables and device-global variables from the RAM
● Backup values (variables) from the RAM
● Restore a defined state of the machine
Advantages
● The user program can use system functions to perform a backup
● Version-independent restoration of the retain data (non-volatile SIMOTION data)
Disadvantages
No complete backup
Defined states
The Defined states (Page 169) section describes the options for restoring a defined state /
initial state.
Application
● System defect
● Windows defect
● Restore a defined initial state, for example, during commissioning
Commissioning (software)
10.8 Data storage concept
SIMOTION P320-4 E / P320-4 S
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