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Saving configuration data – Schneider Electric 890USE17700 User Manual

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Advanced Configuration Features

890USE17700 April 2004

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Saving Configuration Data

Introduction

The Advantys configuration software allows you to save configuration data created
or modified with this software to the NIM’s Flash memory and/or to the removable
memory card (See Physical Description, p. 50). Subsequently, this data can be read
from Flash memory and used to configure your physical island.

How to Save a
Configuration

The following procedure describes the general steps to use to save a configuration
data file to either Flash memory directly or to a removable memory card. For more
detailed procedural information, use the configuration software’s online help feature:

Note: If your configuration data is too large, you will receive a warning message
when you attempt to save it.

Step

Action

1

Connect the device running the Advantys configuration software to the CFG port
(See The CFG Interface, p. 33) on the NIM, and launch the software.

2

Download the configuration data that you want to save from the configuration
software to the NIM. Then, use one of the following commands from the
configuration software’s Online menu:

z

To save to the NIM’s Flash memory, use the store to Flash command.

z

To save to a removable memory card, first install the card (See Installing the
Card, p. 51
) in the host NIM, then use the store to removable memory card
command.