ABB ACS580MV Commissioning Manual page 37

Verifying integrity of drive upgrade package
To verify integrity of software being downloaded, following additional steps are
recommended. The purpose of integrity verification is to ensure that local copy of release
zip file is consistent with zip file originally released by ABB.
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Get the software package from Medium Voltage Drives Portal (or other trusted
source).
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Get the published hash value that belongs to this software package from Medium
Voltage Drives Portal (or other trusted source). Such as:
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Calculate the "SHA-512" hash value of the software package:
a. Open windows command prompt by clicking Start button and typing "cmd" to
windows search.
b. Go to directory containing your local copy of release zip file
c. Give following command to re-calculate SHA-512 checksum:certutil -hashfile
<releasezipfile> SHA512
Note: This checksum is an example only.
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Compare calculated checksum to checksum obtained from Medium Voltage Drives
Portal and proceed further in download procedure if checksums are matching.
NOTICE In order to save time in case of upgrading software, field service engineer shall
first check software version differences for each parts (e.g. BCON, Control hub, IO
controller, etc.). Only the software parts that are different, will need an upgrade, the rest
can remain as it is.
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