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12.4 Upgrading the NC
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SINUMERIK 840D Installation and Start-Up Guide (IAD) – 04.00 Edition
12.4.2 Series start-up via NC card (SW 4.4 and higher)
The free memory on the NC card (PCMCIA card) can be used to store a
start-up archive. The archive can be loaded onto the NC card with SINUCOPY–
FFS (on an external PG/PC).
Possible applications:
1. After replacing an NC module (or after the loss of data), the user can restore
the original state of the machine with the archive stored on the NC card, or
2. The machine manufacturer can supply cycles and data in an archive on the
NC card with the machine or a software upgrade.
A) Create a start-up file on the NC card
Requirement:
The SINUCOPY_FFS software is loaded
1. Copy the series start-up data of the NC/PLC via V.24 onto a PG/PC
2. Store the series start-up data as file ORIGINAL.ARC on the PG/PC
(e.g. in \tmp)
3. Call up SINUCOPY–FFS on the PG/PC
4. Insert the NC card in the PCMCIA slot
5. Copy the NC software to the PC card
6. Select “Area setting” in NC card menu.
Enter 0 under “FFS Startadr” and “FFS Endadr”.
7. Select field “Create new FFS”, and then the “Calculate automatically” field.
8. Format FFS on NC card.
9. Select field “Create DIR” in the FFS menu and set up and open directory
_N_ARC_DIR
10. Call command “Save FFS from hard disk to card [Archives/Part Programs]”
in the FFS menu. The data are loaded onto the NC card.
Note
The start-up file created can be stored directly on the NC card in SW version
5.2 and later.
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