Linux Support Package
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Installation Manual, 01/2021, A5E50719672-AA
Build and install
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Prerequisites
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Supported SIMATIC IPC hardware. See Hardware / feature table (Page 9) for details.
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Working Linux operating system. We recommend Siemens SIMATIC Industrial OS 2.0 or
higher.
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Tools for building the modules and Linux Kernel header files. On Debian based
distributions these are called "build-essential" and "linux-headers-amd64".
For more information please refer to the documentation of your distribution.
Build and install
With the following steps the modules can be compiled and installed:
Copy the modules source and the Makefile to a working directory, open a command line and
build the module:
$ make
After successful compilation, the modules can be installed:
$ sudo -E make install
$ sudo depmod
Now you can load them one by one:
$ sudo modprobe simatic-ipc
$ sudo modprobe simatic-ipc-leds
$ sudo modprobe simatic-ipc-wdt
$ sudo modprobe simatic-ipc-batt
Note
simatic-ipc has to be loaded for every feature to work.
Automatic activation
To activate the modules at boot time, add the following lines to "/etc/modules":
simatic-ipc
simatic-ipc-leds
simatic-ipc-wdt
simatic-ipc-batt
After a reboot, the modules are loaded and active.
