Archiving A Project To The Compactflash Card (Zip File) - Siemens SIMOTION D4x5-2 Commissioning And Hardware Installation Manual

Commissioning (software)
7.2 Performing the configuration for the D4x5-2 offline
Project comparison
You intend to perform servicing work on a commissioned system and have placed a project
on your PG/PC. This project is not consistent with the project on the D4x5‑2 in the system. In
order to analyze the differences, perform an object comparison via "Start object comparison".
You have the following options in terms of re-establishing consistency:
● In the object comparison, you can establish consistency for sources and technology objects
on an object-granular basis.
● Consistency can be established for the entire Control Unit by loading from the CF card via
"Target system" > "Load" > "Load CPU / drive unit to PG...."
Additional references
Detailed information on loading data to the target device can be found in the
Runtime Basic Functions Function Manual.
7.2.7

Archiving a project to the CompactFlash card (zip file)

Procedure
In SIMOTION SCOUT, you can save the project as a zip file to the CF card.
Proceed as follows to archive the SIMOTION project on the CF card:
1. Open SIMOTION SCOUT and select the "Project" > "Archive" menu command.
2. In the "Archive" dialog box, select the SIMOTION project and save it to your drive (PG/PC).
3. Open the project.
4. Go online with the SIMOTION D4x5‑2.
5. In the project navigator, select the SIMOTION D4x5-2 and select the "Target system" >
"Load" > "Save archive project on card ..." menu command.
6. In the dialog that is displayed, select the project and click "Open".
This saves the project to the CF card as Project.zip in the following directory: USER
\SIMOTION\HMI\PRJLOG
Note
If you want to load the current project from the card, select the "Target system" > "Copy
archived project from card to PG/PC ..." menu command.
Prerequisite is that you have backed up the project with "Save archive project on card..."
each time a change was made.
Additional references
Detailed information on loading data to the target device can be found in the
Runtime Basic Functions Function Manual.
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