Rockwell Automation 8520 9/Series CNC Integration Maintenance Manual Documentation Set User Manual
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Section 15B
Replacement Procedures
15B-3
To install the executive software follow this procedure:
1.
At the external drive prompt, insert the disk labeled A into your external
drive and type update source: destination:
where:
source = source drive
destination = destination drive
dir = optional directory name that will be created on destination drive:
For example when you type:
update a:d:
This screen appears:
Update Utility
Revision 2.0
Allen-Bradley Company, 1992
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This utility will update the executive software
on your 9/230, 9/260 or 9/290 CNC.
It will use drive “a:” as the source of the update,
and drive “d:” for a scratch directory, “$update$”, which will be removed upon
completion of the utility.
A description of the update process can be found
in the file “a:\read.me”. If you have not already
reviewed this file, you should consider doing so
before proceeding.
Continue (y/n)?
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2.
If you answer the prompt with an
N
you return to the DOS prompt. If
you answer with a
Y
, this screen appears:
2Mb bytes of disk space are needed.
Drive d: has 2736128 bytes available.
This is enough to continue...
The system will now be copied from drive a: to
the scratch directory d:\$update$.
You will periodically be requested to change
floppy disks as the entire set is copied to
the hard disk
Strike any key when ready....