AH Motion Controller – Operation Manual 8.5 Reading/Writing a Memory Card You can read/write data into/from a memory card to back up and update a system by means of the DIP switch on a CPU. 8.5.1. Backing up the System When a system backup is executed, the user program (including G-code, E-CAM..), the parameter setting, the hardware and saved as a file called AUTOEXEC.dup, which is stored in a folder named SysDup in a memory card. If a default path configuration, the network (e.g. EtherCAT) configuration, and the values on the device memories in a CPU are backed up denotes an existing backup file, the previous data in the old backup file is overwritten when a system is backed up.
A system backup can be executed, whether a CPU runs or stops. Please refer to Section 8.7 Backup for the system backup procedure. 8.5.2. Restoring the System Before a system restoration is executed, you have to make sure that the backup file AUTOEXEC.dup is stored in a folder named SysDup in a memory card. After the system restoration is executed, the user program, the parameter setting, the the backup file includes the values on the device memories, the data restored to the CPU will include the values on the hardware configuration, and the network configuration in the memory card are restored to a CPU. In addition, if the data in device memories.
If :/PLC CARD/AH500/SysDup/AUTOEXEC.dup is valid, the CPU will restore the system automatically after power-on.Please be sure not to put this file in SD card if you don’t want to restore the system.You can restore the system by using Card Utility.Please refer to Section 8.9 Restoration. 8.6 CARD Utility There is a microSD slot on AH Motion Controller CPUs. You can back up/restore data in an AH Motion Controller CPU through the use of a memory card. Besides, ISPSoft provides CARD Utility for AH Motion Controller CPUs. You can back up/restore data in an AH Motion Controller CPU or an ISPSoft project through CARD Utility.
The program code, the parameter setting, the hardware configuration, and the network configuration in an AH Motion Controller CPU or an ISPSoft project can be backed up. The values in the devices in an AH Motion Controller CPU can also be backed up. Please refer to previous sections or the AH Motion Controller - Hardware Manual for more information about the specifications of the SD cards which can be inserted into AH Motion Controller CPUs, and the usage of the SD cards. The network configuration stored in an AH Motion Controller CPU is the data which is only related to the AH Motion Controller CPU itself.
When you back up the network configuration, only the part of the network configuration which is related to the selected AH Motion Controller CPU will be backed up. The part of the network configuration backed up consists of only a routing table and data exchange data. Therefore, if you restore the backup data to an ISPSoft project, the system will not be able to restore the complete data in the NWCONFIG settings. The functions supported by CARD Utility are described below. The diagram below is a flowchart.
_8 If you export data in an AH Motion Controller CPU as a backup file (*.dup), the data exported can be saved in the memory card inserted in the AH Motion Controller CPU, or a folder in the computer. You can decide whether to include the values in the devices in the AH Motion Controller CPU. If you export an ISPSoft project as a backup file (*.dup), the ISPSoft project exported can only be saved in a folder in the computer, and the values in the devices in the AH Motion Controller CPU are not backed up. You can restore the backup file (*.dup) in the inserted memory card to the CPU.
You can restore the backup file (*.dup) in a computer to the CPU which is connected, or restore the backup file to an 8-8