Siemens SINAMICS Configuration Manual page 39

Activate know-how protection
Requirements
Before activating know-how protection, the following conditions must be met:
● The drive unit has been fully commissioned.
● You have generated the exception list for know-how protection (see Configuring know-how
protection (Page 37)).
● To guarantee know-how protection, you must ensure that the project does not remain at
the end user as a file.
Procedure
1. Connect the drive unit to the programming device.
2. Go online with STARTER.
If you have generated a project offline on your computer, you must load the project into the
drive unit and go online.
3. Select the required drive unit in the project navigator of your STARTER project.
4. In the shortcut menu, select "Drive unit know-how protection > Activate".
The "Activate Know-how Protection for Drive Object" dialog box opens.
Figure 5-3
5. The "Without copy protection" option is active by default. When an appropriate memory
card is inserted in the Control Unit, you can choose from two copy-protection options:
– With basic copy protection (permanently linked to the memory card)
– With extended copy protection (permanently linked to the memory card and Control
Select the required copy protection option.
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