
7-3
Using EEPROMs for Program Storage
SIMATIC 545/555/575 System Manual
EEPROMS are portable if, and only if, they meet the following criteria:
• The firmware of the CPU on which the EEPROM was created is
compatible with the firmware of the destination CPU.
EEPROMs created with firmware from Release 1.x through Release 3.x
are compatible forward and backward. However, Release 4.0 is not
backward-compatible; you can use EEPROMs created under earlier
firmware on a Release 4.0 CPU, but you cannot take an EEPROM
created under Release 4.0 and transfer it to a CPU with firmware from
Release 1.x through Release 3.x.
• The EEPROM program was created on a CPU that had a memory
configuration smaller than or equal to the memory available on the
destination CPU.
• If the EEPROM program was created on a CPU that had a
PROFIBUS-DP I/O configuration, the destination CPU must have the
hardware to support such a configuration.
• If the EEPROM program was created on a CPU that had a Series 505
remote I/O configuration, the destination CPU must have the hardware
to support such a configuration (545–1103 CPUs do not support the
Series 505 remote I/O channel).
If you install an EEPROM, the CPU allows you to save your current
program without using a separate EEPROM programming device. The
program can be downloaded directly from RAM to the EEPROM by using
TISOFT auxiliary function 84 or the corresponding function in SoftShop
(select the menu command PLC Utilities → PLC Operations). See
Section 7.2 for instructions on installing an EEPROM chip. See Section 7.3
for instructions on storing a program using an EEPROM.
If your operating program does not change, you can store it permanently on
an EPROM. You can use an EPROM copier to copy your program from an
EEPROM to an EPROM. (The EPROM cannot be programmed in the CPU.)
This is a cost-effective method for creating duplicate copies if you have
additional CPUs running the same program.
EEPROM Portability
Using an EEPROM
Using an EPROM
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