Software
4. Connect a USB flash drive to the computer and create a bootable USB flash drive via
Project installation
/
Create USB install drive
.
5. Connect the created USB flash drive to the Power Panel and reboot it.
6. Start the boot manager (see
).
7. Select the USB flash drive (UEFI) as the boot medium and follow the instructions.
8. After a successful update/installation, the system is restarted and the USB flash drive can be removed again.
6.4.2 Terminal OS (embedded Linux) system
For general information/requirements about the terminal OS update, see
Updating with Automation Studio and USB flash drive
1. In Automation Studio, upgrade the PPC image (Linux image) of the Power Panel.
2. The installed upgrade is typically located in the local folder:
C:\BrAutomation\AS\[PanelSeries]\[PanelVariant]\V[Terminal OS ImageVersion]
[PanelSeries]: E.g. PPC, PPT, PMT or PFT
[PanelVariant]: E.g. 30, 50 or 80
[Terminal-OS ImageVersion]: Version of the Linux image (not the version of the hardware upgrade)
3. Connect a USB flash drive to the computer and copy all of the files of the installed upgrade directly to the
root directory of the USB flash drive.
Information:
The USB flash drive used must be formatted using FAT32.
4. Connect the USB flash drive to the USB port of the Power Panel assigned to the GPOS (terminal OS) and
reboot it.
5. After the Power Panel successfully boots, a plausibility check is performed and the update of the terminal
OS is started.
6. After a successful update, the system is rebooted and the version of the terminal OS image can be read out
in SDM under
Terminal
.
Updating by downloading from the website and USB flash drive
Updated versions of the Power Panel system are made available on the B&R website in the form of an upgrade
package that includes a PPC image. The following steps must be performed to update the Power Panel system
using the upgrade package:
1. Download the Power Panel C-Series upgrade package from the B&R website (
). It
is important to ensure that this is downloaded in ZIP format.
There are several ways to find an upgrade package on the website: either on the product page (possible to
search for the order number) under
Downloads / PPC upgrades
or on the Downloads page under
Software /
Automation Studio / Automation Studio 4.9
(or higher) in section
PPC upgrade
.
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