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Show/Hide Bookmarks This Manual applies to Card File Handlers as of version 1.0 Copyright © 2004 Lenze Drive Systems GmbH. All rights reserved. Imprint Lenze Drive Systems GmbH Postfach 10 13 52, 31763 Hameln, Germany Phone: ++49 (0)5154 / 82-0 Fax: ++49 (0)5154 / 82-2111 E-mail: Lenze@Lenze.de Copyright information All texts, photos and graphics contained in this documentation are subject to copyright protection.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Contents Contents 1 2 3 L About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.1 Conventions used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.2 Definition of icons and signal words used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 User interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Contents 4 4 Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4.1 File structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4.2 Lenze standard folder for program and parameter data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4.3 Installation of program updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler About this Manual 1 About this Manual This Manual contains information about the Lenze Card File Handler. What is a Card File Handler? The Card File Handler is a tool which can be used to create and organise card archives for the SmartMedia cards of the Lenze card module.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler About this Manual Conventions used 1.1 Conventions used This Manual uses the following conventions to distinguish between different types of information: Type of information Variable name Marking italic Set bEnable to TRUE to... bold The OK button... / The Copy command... / The Properties tab... / The Name input field... Window pane Control element The message window... / The Options dialog box...
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler About this Manual Definition of icons and signal words used 1.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler User interface Title bar 2 User interface The user interface of the Card File Handler contains the following control and function elements: Title bar Menu bar (E 9) Toolbar (E 9) Archive tree (E 10) Dialog area (E 12) 2.1 Title bar The title bar at the top of the application window shows the program icon and the program name on the left and the window icons on the right.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler User interface Menu bar 2.2 Menu bar Via the menu bar you can access the menu commands of the Card File Handler. C A click on an item of the main menu opens the corresponding menu and lists the menu items contained in it. C Click a menu item to execute the corresponding function. – Menu items which are displayed in light gray are currently deactivated because the execution of the corresponding function would not make any sense in the current program state.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler User interface Archive tree X Tip! If you position the mouse pointer for a short time over an icon, a "tool tip" will be indicated with information about the corresponding function. 2.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler User interface Archive tree C The colour of the drive set icon depends on the usage of the drive set: – Drive set is free. – Drive set is used. – Drive set is incomplete or invalid usage. X Tip! The operation of the Card File Handler is context-sensitive, i.e. you can only execute functions that are possible for the element selected from the archive tree. In the archive tree you can use a context menu with the most frequently used menu commands.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler User interface Dialog area 2.5 Dialog area The settings of the drive set selected from the Archive tree are indicated in the dialog area. It is possible to change the settings in the dialog area: Parameter Info Name of drive Name of the target system Product code of drive Product code of the target system DDS binary file IEC 61131 program (*.bin file) compiled with the Drive PLC Developer Studio (DDS) GDC parameter set file Parameter set file (*.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation 3 Operation After the first start of the Card File Handler, the Archive tree contains one archive including one card. C You can edit the (free) drive sets of the card and add more cards to the archive. C If a Card reader for SmartMedia cards is connected to your PC, you can transfer the drive sets of your SmartMedia card to the selected archive card and vice versa.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Organising archives 3.1 Organising archives If you want to archive different drive sets it may be useful to store them in different, task or machine-oriented archives. C The Card File Handler can be used to create and organise an unlimited number of archives. C For each archive a separate archive folder will be created. When creating the archive folder, you can freely select the memory location within your computer or network environment.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Organising archives 3.1.2 Creating a new archive S How to create a new archive: 1. Select the archive level (the topmost element) from the archive tree. 2. Go to the toolbar and click the File Archive Create archive. icon or select the command 3. Enter the name for the new archive in the Name of new archive input field. • The name must not include more than 17 characters. • The following letters, digits and special characters are permissible: A..Z or a..
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Organising archives 3.1.4 Deleting an archive Note! The Windows Explorer is required to delete an archive. Furthermore, the archive must not be open in the Card File Handler! When the archive is deleted, all cards and drive sets contained in it will be deleted as well! S How to delete an archive: 1. Open the Windows Explorer. 2. Select the archive folder to be deleted in the Windows Explorer. 3. Click the key to delete the selected archive folder.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Organising cards 3.2 Organising cards You can organise an unlimited number of cards in an archive. C For each card, a separate sub-folder will be created in the corresponding archive folder. Note! Each archive contains at least one card. • When a new archive is created, the archive already includes a card with 16 free drive sets. In the default setting, the hexadecimal numbers "0" to "F" are used to designate the drive sets.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Organising cards 3.2.1 Renaming a card Note! If you rename a card the corresponding sub-folder in the archive folder will be renamed accordingly. S How to rename a card: 1. Select the card to be renamed from the archive tree. 2. Click the name of the card once again in the archive tree or select the command File Card Rename archive card. 3. Enter the new name into the Rename archive card dialog box and confirm your entry with OK.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Organising cards 3.2.3 Importing data from a SmartMedia card This function is used to import drive sets from a SmartMedia card of the card module into an archive card. C All valid drive sets of the SmartMedia card will be imported into the selected archive card. C The drive sets will be automatically marked with the program names.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Organising cards If the import has been successful the imported drive sets will be listed with the corresponding program name below the selected card in the archive tree . C The colour of the drive set icon depends on the usage of the drive set: – Drive set is free. – Drive set is used. – Drive set is incomplete or invalid usage.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Organising cards 3.2.4 Exporting data to a SmartMedia card This function is used to export the drive sets of an archive card to a SmartMedia card for subsequent use with the card module. C All drive sets of the card selected from the archive tree will be exported to the SmartMedia card.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Organising cards 3.2.5 Adding a comment to a card To each card you can add a comment of several lines, e.g. to save additional information about the machine or drive task. C When a new card is created, the date will be automatically saved as a comment. When the Card File Handler is operated under Windows® 2000/XP, the user name will also be entered as a comment. S How to add a comment to a card: 1. Select the corresponding card from the archive tree. 2.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Organising cards 3.2.7 Loading a card from another archive This function is used to copy an archive card from a freely selectable archive within your computer environment to the current archive. Note! The card selected from the archive tree will be completely overwritten with the data of the archive card to be loaded! S How to load a card into an archive: 1.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Editing drive sets 3.3 Editing drive sets What is a drive set? A drive set contains all data required for a specific target system, i.e.: C the DDS binary file (*.bin) including the compiled IEC 61131 program - and as an option C the GDC parameter set file (*.gdc) including the parameter settings (codes) of the target system, C additional user data, e.g. cam profiles or motion profiles.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Editing drive sets What do you want to do? Renaming a drive set Adding/removing a DDS binary file (E 26) Adding/removing a GDC parameter set file (E 27) Adding/removing user data (E 28) Activating the option "Execute reset (origin) at download" (E 29) Adding a comment to a drive set (E 29) Deleting a drive set (E 30) Loading a drive set from another archive (E 30) 3.3.1 Renaming a drive set The hexadecimal numbers "0" ...
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Editing drive sets 3.3.2 Adding/removing a DDS binary file Adding a DDS binary file This function is used to load an IEC 61131 program created with the Drive PLC Developer Studio to the selected drive set. C For the import into the selected target system, the IEC 61131 program must have been properly compiled as a binary file (*.bin). X Tip! Use the command Project Build to create a DDS binary file in the Drive PLC Developer Studio.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Editing drive sets S How to remove a DDS binary file from a drive set: 1. Select the drive set from which you want to remove the DDS binary file from the archive tree. 2. Go to the Dialog area and click the field. icon to the right of the DDS binary file text 3. You will be asked if you really want to remove the DDS binary file. Confirm this question with OK. 3.3.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Editing drive sets Removing a GDC parameter set file S How to remove a GDC parameter set file from a drive set: 1. Select the drive set from which you want to remove the GDC parameter set file from the archive tree. 2. Go to the Dialog area and click the file text field. icon to the right of the GDC parameter set 3. You will be asked if you really want to remove the GDC parameter set file. Confirm this question with OK. 3.3.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Editing drive sets Removing user data S How to remove user data from a drive set: 1. Select the drive set from which you want to remove the user data from the archive tree. 2. Go to the Dialog area and click the icon to the right of the User data text field. 3. You will be asked if you really want to remove the user data. Confirm this question with OK. 3.3.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Operation Editing drive sets 3.3.7 Deleting a drive set If a drive set is deleted only the data contained in the drive set will be deleted. The drive set folder will not be deleted. C If the drive set has been renamed the name of the drive set will be reset to the standard designation "0" ... "F". C The function "Delete drive set" corresponds to the function "Remove DDS binary file". S How to delete a drive set: 1.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Appendix File structure 4 Appendix 4.1 File structure The file structure of the archives in the file system corresponds 1:1 to the hierarchical structure of the archive tree: Program directory of the Card File Handler Root folder Archive folder Card folder Drive set folder Program directory By default, "C:\Programs\Lenze\CardFileHandler..." is used as program directory for the Card File Handler.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Appendix Lenze standard folder for program and parameter data Archive folder If you create a new archive in the Card File Handler an archive folder will be created in the file system. The archive folder has the same name as the archive. X Tip! For a clear data management it is recommended to store all archive folders in a shared root folder. Card folder If you create a new card in the Card File Handler a card folder will be created in the file system.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Appendix Installation of program updates 4.3 Installation of program updates If you have installed an earlier version of the Card File Handler this version should be uninstalled by using the system control. Note! The existing archives will be preserved after the uninstallation/reinstallation! 4.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Glossary 5 Glossary A AIF Abbreviation for Automation Interface: Lenze-specific interface on the target system for the connection of additional peripherals (AIF modules). Archive level Topmost level of the archive tree. When selecting the topmost element (archive) from the archive tree, you will change to the archive level. Here you can execute all archive functions. Archive tree Hierarchical representation of the contents of an archive.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Glossary P PLC Abbreviation for Lenze PLC, e.g. Drive PLC or 9300 Servo PLC. Reset (origin) Function which resets all variables, including RETAIN and PERSISTANT variables, in the target system to their initialisation value, deletes the user program and resets the control to its original state. Root folder Parent folder of the archive on the file system level.
Show/Hide Bookmarks Card File Handler Index 6 Index A Organisation of the drive sets 24 Adding a card to an archive 18 Adding a comment to a card 22 Adding a comment to a drive set 29 Adding/removing a DDS binary file 26 Adding/removing a GDC parameter set file 27 Adding/removing user data 28 Application information 7 Archive 10 Archive folder 32 Archive tree 10 P Program directory 31 Program updates 33 R Removing a card from an archive 22 Renaming a card 18 Renaming a drive set 25 Renaming an archiv
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