Set Up Drives; Overview; Setting Up Drives - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Universal Operating Manual

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13.12 Set up drives

13.12 Set up drives
13.12.1

Overview

Up to 21 connections to so-called logical drives (data carriers) can be configured. These drives
can be accessed in the "Program manager" and "Startup" operating areas.
The following logical drives can be set up:
• USB interface
• Network drives
• CompactFlash card
• CompactFlash card of the NCU, only for SINUMERIK Operate in the NCU
• Local hard disk of the PCU, only for SINUMERIK Operate on PCU
Note
The USB interfaces of the NCU are not available for SINUMERIK Operate and can therefore not be
configured.
13.12.2

Setting up drives

The "Set Up Drives" window is available in the "Start-up" operating area for configuring the
softkeys in the Program Manager.
Note
Reserved softkeys
Softkeys 4, 7 and 16 are not available to be freely configured.
File
The created configuration data is stored in the "logdrive.ini" file. This file is located in the /user/
sinumerik/hmi/cfg directory.
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Software option
In order to use the CompactFlash card as a data carrier, you require the option "Addi‐
tional HMI user memory on CF card of NCU" (not for SINUMERIK Operate on PCU/PC).
Machine manufacturer
Please refer to the machine manufacturer's specifications.
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