Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Upgrade Instructions page 3

SINUMERIK 840D sl
AP01581342 AP01581929
AP01583052 AP01584985
AP01589476 AP01589524
AP01592058 AP01594397
AP01597712 AP01598853
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Compatibility
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SINUMERIK Operate 4.5 SP4 can be combined with 840D sl NCU 7x0.3 with CNC SW 4.5 SP4.
The help system is based on the documentation for the CNC SW 4.5 SP2.
The NC alarm texts are based on the CNC SW 4.5 SP2.
STEP7 for SINUMERIK PCU 50 from V5.5 can be integrated in SINUMERIK Operate 4.5 SPx where it can
run.
OEM applications which are based on the SINUMERIK Operate Programming Package 4.5 can run when
using generally released interfaces.
The available additional languages V4.5.2 for SINUMERIK Operate can be used.
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Notes
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System:
If, in conjunction with STEP7 on PCU 50 WinXP, no communication is established between the HMI and the
NCU, please check the settings made under Control Panel / Set PG/PC Interface. In addition to S7ONLINE,
an Access Point
SINUMERIK_CP (SINUMERIK 7xx) -> TCP/IP -> VIA Rhine III Fast Eth. ..<Board 2>
must be included. If necessary, configure this Access Point as indicated.
Editor: The key combination Shift+Insert must be used to edit cycle calls directly in the DIN code. At present,
this is not provided on all SINUMERIK OPs. Remedy: Use an external PC keyboard.
To operate the simulation, the NC-MD $MC_FRAME_ACS_SET must be set to 1.
To operate a PCU50 with an external monitor, you can set the screen size of the Operate in the file
F:\hmisl\user\sinumerik\hmi\cfg\run_hmi.ini with the entry
[Global]
Resolution =
As standard, in the Machine area, the "Retract" softkey is no longer available. It can be reactivated by
creating the slmaconfig.xml in /oem/sinumerik/hmi/cfg file with the following content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<CONFIGURATION>
<Settings>
<ShowRetractSoftkey type="bool" value="true" />
</Settings></CONFIGURATION>
Subsequently enter Autostart of Operate for a (another) user on PCU 50.5-Win7:
On the desktop, start menu "All Programs", select Startup. Right-click on "Open". An Explorer is then
opened. In the right-hand window of Explorer, right click on "New" create " Shortcut".
Then using "Browse ...", enter the "C:\Program Files(x86)\Siemens\MotionControl \siemens\sinumerik\hmi\
autostart\slstartup.exe" file.
The "AppSight-Blackbox" is available in Operate (resource to analyze the causes of application crashes) and
is active as standard. It can be deactivated using an entry in the run_hmi.ini file:
[AppSight]
; enabled could be set to true or false. Default: true
enabled=true
The log file generated by AppSight-Blackbox in the case of a fault is called:
© Siemens AG 2014
Upgrade Instructions
SINUMERIK Operate 4.5 SP3 HF2 for PCU 50.5
AP01582228
AP01585041
AP01589615
AP01594591
; permissible values: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024
AP01582393 AP01582526
AP01585860 AP01587126
AP01589966 AP01590460
AP01595100 AP01595394
2014-10-28
AP01582751
AP01588294
AP01590715
AP01596303
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