Configuration • Service pages

5.1.11 Service page Update

On this service page, various parts of the system can be updated from a range of different sources.

Update settings / boot logo / system (Button)

The Power Panel system is restarted as a minimized version of the system. When restarting, the following sources are searched in the specified order in order to find update files:

1The USB memory inserted in the Power Panel

For the update process, only 1 USB flash drive can be inserted in the Power Panel.

2The configured update server (see "Configuring the update server" on page 66)

The following update files are searched for:

If valid update files are found during this search, they are loaded on the Power Panel and the system is restarted.

With this function, it is also possible to carry out a partial update if only a portion of the above-mentioned update files are on the USB flash drive.

Information:

If the current Power Panel settings should be retained, XML file PPT50Config.xml must not be on the source media.

Information:

It is generally only possible to install signed images on the Power Panel. If it is necessary to install an unsigned image, this must first be explicitly allowed beforehand on service page Security.

Load settings from USB (Button)

If no USB memory is connected, an appropriate message is shown.

If at least one USB memory device is connected, then a dialog box with USB interfaces IF3 and IF4 is shown. The name of the USB memory device is also shown to aid in selection. After the interface is selected, the settings will be loaded from XML file PPT50Config.xml.

They can be checked and modified on the service pages if necessary after loading and before saving the settings. Data is stored using functions on service page Save & Exit (see "Service page Save & Exit" on page 72).

Configuration • Service pages

Load configuration from PLC (Button)

This function searches for controllers in the network that have a valid configuration for a Power Panel. After the search is complete (a few seconds), the discovered controllers are listed:

When selecting an entry, a list with the configurations of all Power Panels for the selected controller is displayed:

The names of the listed configurations match the names of the configurations in Automation Studio:

If a configuration entry is selected, a dialog box appears asking for installation of the configuration to be confirmed. After downloading the data, the application goes to the Save & Exit service page and the data can be stored using a corresponding command. Alternatively, the user can check and – if necessary – modify the loaded settings on any of the service pages before saving.

Load boot logo / animation (Button)

If no USB memory is connected, an appropriate message is shown.

If at least one USB memory device is connected, then a dialog box with USB interfaces IF3 and IF4 is shown. The name of the USB memory device is also shown to aid in selection. After the interface is selected, the boot logo and/or the boot animation are loaded and stored on the Power Panel.

The following syntax must be used for filenames:

If a boot logo and/or a boot animation are already on the Power Panel, they will be overwritten.