Siemens SINAMICS S120 Function Manual page 377

Firmware and configuration can also be updated together. For this reason, the "select a file"
field is present twice. The following description refers to the separate update of the firmware
or the configuration:
1. Click the
2. Select the zip file of the new firmware or configuration in a directory of the Web client.
3. Select all the required update options by clicking.
4. Click the "Send update data" button.
Drive functions
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folder icon to the right of the "select a file" field.
The name of the firmware or the configuration file is then displayed in the "select a file"
field.
The following options are offered for the subsequent update:
Option Description
No Backup The existing firmware/configuration is not saved before the update.
No Check The firmware/configuration in the downloaded archive is not checked for
consistency.
No Reset A reset of the firmware/configuration is not initiated after the update.
Delete all All files are deleted on the memory card before the archive is unpacked.
Note: Activate this option only when updating the firmware. Important data
would be destroyed with this option when updating the configuration.
Only the "/install/sinamics" directory and the license key are then retained.
During the update, a check is made as to whether there is sufficient free space on the
memory card. The state of the drive objects of the Control Unit is also checked.
As long as the configuration update is running, alarm "A01070 project/firmware download
to the memory card in progress" is output by SINAMICS.
As soon as partition 1 and partition 2 are not consistent with each other, the following
notice is emitted "A01073 CU: the data on the backup partition of the memory card is not
current".
In both cases an entry is made in the diagnostic buffer of the Control Unit.
Note
The firmware download to the memory card can take several minutes.
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