Before Cloning a Controller

Safety Instructions

If you remove power to the device, or there is a power outage or communication interruption during the transfer of the application, your device may become inoperative. If a communication interruption or a power outage occurs, reattempt the transfer. If there is a power outage or communication interruption during a firmware update, or if an invalid firmware is used, your device will become inoperative. In this case, use a valid firmware and reattempt the firmware update.

NOTICE
INOPERABLE EQUIPMENT
  • Do not interrupt the transfer of the application program or a firmware change once the transfer has begun.
  • Re-initiate the transfer if the transfer is interrupted for any reason.
  • Do not attempt to place the device into service until the file transfer has completed successfully.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in equipment damage.
 WARNING
UNINTENDED EQUIPMENT OPERATION
Consult the controller state and behavior diagram in this document to understand the state that will be assumed by the controller after you cycle power.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, serious injury, or equipment damage.

Access Rights

By default, clone is allowed without using the function block FB_ControlClone. If you want to restrict access to the clone feature, you can remove the access rights of the FrmUpdate object on ExternalMedia group. As a result, cloning will be not allowed without using FB_ControlClone. For more details about this function block, refer to the Modicon M262 Logic/Motion Controller – System Functions and Variables – System Library Guide. For more details about Access Rights, refer to the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Programming Guide.

If you wish to control access to the cloned application in the target controller, you must use the Include users rights button (on the Clone Management subpage of the Web server) of the source controller before doing the clone operation. For more details about Access Rights, refer to the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Programming Guide.

SD Card Rules

The Modicon M262 Logic/Motion Controller accepts only SD cards formatted in FAT or FAT32.

When an SD card is inserted into the SD card slot of the controller, the firmware searches and executes the script contained in the SD card (/sys/cmd/Script.cmd).

The SD card must have a label. To add a label:

  1. Insert the SD card in your PC.

  2. Right-click on the drive in Windows Explorer.

  3. Choose Properties.

 WARNING
UNINTENDED EQUIPMENT OPERATION
  • You must have operational knowledge of your machine or process before connecting this device to your controller.
  • Ensure that guards are in place so that any potential unintended equipment operation will not cause injury to personnel or damage to equipment.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, serious injury, or equipment damage.