Technical data
SINAUT Diagnostics and Service tool
3.4 Service functions
Software
396 System Manual, 07/2009, C79000-G8976-C222-07
The
Repair
function runs a completely new installation of the firmware on a TIM module.
Note
The
Repair
function should not be used without consulting the offline.
The
Repair
function is supported on TIM modules that have the RMOS for TIM ST7
operating system as of version 2.04.
Note
You can read out the version of the operating system of a TIM using the
Module Information
function /
General
tab.
To use this function, the firmware must have been installed on the computer using the setup.
If the firmware is not installed on the PG or is incomplete, a message is displayed.
By clicking the
Installation details
button, you open the
Update details
dialog that displays
the firmware version installed on the TIM module and the version on your computer.
Following the download, the module is automatically reset to activate the new firmware.
Steps in repairing
Repairing involves the following steps:
● The flash disk of the TIM module is formatted. After formatting, the TIM module runs a
reset.
● This is followed by a default startup.
● Once the wait time for the default startup has elapsed, the firmware version installed on
the computer is downloaded to the TIM.
● Following this, the system data blocks are transferred to the TIM module.
● The module is then reset and resumes operation with its full functionality.
Note
While the firmware is being reinstalled, the TIM module has MPI address 3.
Make sure that this address is free on the MPI bus to which the TIM module is connected.
Operator activities
Note
Make sure that you select the correct TIM module in your project. The station and module
name must match and the configured module must be of the same type as the module to
which you are downloading.
If this is not the case, a dialog will inform you of this at regular intervals during the update.
The display of this message interrupts the update until the dialog is acknowledged by
clicking on
OK
.