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1 0.2.3. 3 PAR A ME TER E X C H A N GE / Eeprom transfer bet w een un
i
ts
STAT
I
C SENS
I
T
I
VE
Th
i
s equ
i
pment conta
i
ns e
l
ectrostat
i
c d
i
scharge (ESD) sens
i
t
i
ve
parts. Observe stat
i
c contro
l
precaut
i
ons w hen hand
li
ng,
i
nsta
lli
ng and serv
i
c
i
ng th
i
s product.
In an emergency break do w n s
i
tuat
i
on
i
t
i
s poss
i
b
l
e to transfer the Eeprom IC. Th
i
s IC conta
i
ns a
ll
3 rec
i
pe
page parameters and connect
i
on deta
il
s. See 1 3.1 3.2 DRIV E PERS O N ALIT Y / Rec
See 9.1.1 3 SELF TEST MESS A GE / Memory vers
See 1 0.2.4 Ru
on before proceed
i
ng.
To ga
i
n access to the Eeprom IC
i
t
i
s necessary to remove the p
l
ast
i
c cover from the un
i
t. To do th
i
s f
i
rst
remove the end caps, then remove the 4 corner f
i
x
i
ng scre w s that reta
i
n the cover. W hen remov
i
ng the cover
p
l
ease take care not to stress the d
i
sp
l
ay and key connect
i
on r
i
bbons. Unp
l
ug the r
i
bbons from the contro
l
card to comp
l
ete
l
y remove the top cover. The p
l
ugs are keyed to ensure correct reconnect
i
on.
W A
R
N
I
NG. Du
ri
ng
I
C
i
ns
e
r
t
i
on
a
vo
i
d b
e
nd
i
ng th
e
c
ont
r
o
l
ca
r
d
a
nd
ca
us
i
ng d
a
m
a
g
e
. Th
i
s
i
s b
e
st
ac
h
i
e
v
e
d by
r
e
mov
i
ng th
e
c
ont
r
o
l
ca
r
d
a
nd suppo
r
t
i
ng
i
t on
a
su
i
t
a
b
l
e
su
r
f
ace
. Sp
ec
i
a
l
a
tt
e
nt
i
on must b
e
p
a
i
d to p
r
ov
i
d
i
ng
suppo
r
t to th
e
ca
r
d
i
n th
e
a
r
ea
of th
e
I
C b
e
i
ng
i
ns
e
r
t
e
d, to
a
vo
i
d st
r
e
ss
i
ng th
e
su
rr
ound
i
ng
c
ompon
e
nts.
The IC
i
s Component
l
egend IC 1 7. It
i
s
l
ocated
i
n a dua
l
i
n
li
ne socket on the contro
l
board. Remove the one
from the ne w un
i
t f
i
rst. Then remove the one from the o
l
d un
i
t and
i
nsert
i
t
i
n the ne w un
i
t w
i
thout
l
ett
i
ng
the p
i
ns fo
l
d under or m
i
s
l
ocate
i
n the socket. It
i
s adv
i
sab
l
e to
l
abe
l
the ICs pr
i
or to remova
l
. Make sure that
the IC
i
s
i
nserted w
i
thout rotat
i
on, w
i
th PIN 1
i
n the correct pos
i
t
i
on.
Summary.
Take out IC 1 7 of the ne w PL/X and rep
l
ace w
i
th IC 1 7 from the o
l
d PL/X .
Ma
i
nta
i
n correct or
i
entat
i
on, do not a
ll
o w p
i
ns to fo
l
d under or m
i
s
l
ocate.
Do not bend the contro
l
card dur
i
ng th
i
s process.
Th
i
s process must be documented to reta
i
n correct vers
i
on contro
l
for future ma
i
ntenance procedures.
WA
R
N
I
NG. Ch
eck
th
e
CA
L
I
B
R
AT
I
ON p
a
r
a
m
e
t
e
r
s
a
r
e
c
o
rr
ec
t
a
ft
e
r
th
i
s p
r
o
ce
ss.
1 0.2.4 Ru
l
es of parameter exchange re
l
at
i
ng to soft w are vers
i
on
The ru
l
es govern
i
ng the ab
ili
ty of a parameter f
il
e to be transferred to a PL/X are very s
i
mp
l
e.
1) A parameter set generated on o
l
der soft w are vers
i
ons
i
s
a
ll
o w ed to be transferred to ne w er vers
i
ons, but
not from ne w er to o
l
der. (Ho w ever see 9.1.1 3.1 Transferr
E.g. A f
il
e generated us
i
ng vers
i
on 2.1 2 soft w are may be used on un
i
ts emp
l
oy
i
ng vers
i
on 2.1 2, 2.1 3 ----
3.0 1 soft w are etc. but not on un
i
ts emp
l
oy
i
ng 2.1 1, 2.1 0 ---- 2.0 1 etc.
The system
i
s des
i
gned
i
n th
i
s w ay because a rep
l
acement un
i
t
i
s more
li
ke
l
y to have ne w er soft w are.
A ne w er vers
i
on of soft w are may possess parameters that d
i
d not ex
i
st on ear
li
er vers
i
ons. W hen an ear
li
er
vers
i
on f
il
e
i
s transm
i
tted to the ne w er vers
i
on,
i
t automat
i
ca
ll
y uses the defau
l
t va
l
ues for any parameters
i
t
cannot f
i
nd
i
n the o
l
der vers
i
on f
il
e. Once the ne w parameters have been ad
j
usted and a PARA ME TER S A V E
performed then they w
ill
become permanent
l
y memor
i
sed. These ru
l
es app
l
y for a
ll
modes of f
il
e transfer.
See 1 1.5 Remote
If the message MEM ORY V ERSIO N ERROR appears
i
t
i
nd
i
cates that an
i
ncompat
i
b
l
e ne w er soft w are f
il
e has
been
l
oaded onto a un
i
t w
i
th o
l
der soft w are. See 9.1.1 3 SELF TEST MESS A GE / Memory vers
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