
Chapter 3 Deployment
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Firmware update
For this your firmware is online transferred from the hardware configurator
to the CPU, which passes the firmware on to the according DP slave via
the connected DP master using Profibus.
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Make firmware file available
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Load project into the hardware configurator
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Transfer firmware
The most recent firmware for the DP-V1 slave may be found at
Extract and copy the file
header.upd
into your work directory.
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Open the hardware configurator with the configured DP slave.
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Click on the DP slave and choose
PLC
>
Update Firmware
. This menu
option is only available when the highlighted DP slave supports the
function "Update firmware ".
→
the dialog window "Update firmware " appears.
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Choose your work directory via the button "Search" where the file
header.upd
is stored. Choose
header.upd
.
→
You will see information for which modules and from which firmware
version on the chosen file is convenient.
•
Activate the control field "Activate firmware after loading" because only
then the new firmware is copied to the Flash and click then on [Execute].
→
it is proofed if the chosen file is valid and at positive result the file is
transferred to the DP slave.
Note!
During runtime the firmware update at the DP slave is executed after app.
3s. Please regard that the DP slave executes a reboot, which may cause
the DP master to remain in STOP res. may influence your user application.
Overview
Approach
Supply firmware file
header.upd
Load project into
hardware
configurator
Manual ELCO Intelligent I/O-FS200
www.elco-holding.com.cn in the service area at "Firmware for
system
components" as FS200.zip. Within the ZIP file the package file FS200_
Vxxx.zip with xxx=version may be found.
Siemens CPUs.
like
The firmware update for the DP-V1 slave ELCO FS2-GW-DP00 happens
via Profibus and is only available with CPUs with DP-V1 capability