VIPA CPU 114-6BJ02 program upload problem

Gmort27 · Jun 18, 2015

Hi guys, I am trying to upload a program to my VIPA CPU 114-6BJ02 using a MMC but the MC LED does not blink to indicate the program uploading. What could be the reason? Any way to solve this issue? Thanks!

nonuke · Jun 19, 2015

First you should do an overall reset of the CPU.

Gmort27 · Jun 19, 2015

Ok thanks Nonuke! Already did the reset. My vendor sent me a .wld file, was told that I need to transfer it to MMC using Siemens Simatic manager, then upload to the CPU. Is that the right way?

nonuke · Jun 19, 2015

Open step7
Create a new mmc file with the name:s7prog.wld
The file must have this name.
Copy all the blocks, DB's and the system data to the mmc.
Close the window of the new mmc file.
Copy this file to the mmc card.

MMC: normal mmc card formated in FAT ou FAT16.
No SD or MMC-HD. Just use a standard MMC of 32K, 128k, 512k ou 1M max.
These type of cards are not easy to find on sale anymore.

jwilcoxson · Jun 19, 2015

If you already have the .wld, just make sure it is named S7PROG.WLD, then put it on a MMC formatted as FAT16. Put the MMC in the CPU, then perform the Overall Reset procedure.

Check out page 3-30 of the 100V Manual for more details: 100V CPU Manual

nonuke · Jun 19, 2015

jwilcoxson said:
If you already have the .wld, just make sure it is named S7PROG.WLD, then put it on a MMC formatted as FAT16. Put the MMC in the CPU, then perform the Overall Reset procedure.

Check out page 3-30 of the 100V Manual for more details: 100V CPU Manual

is there an echo in here !!!

jwilcoxson · Jun 19, 2015

nonuke said:
is there an echo in here !!!

I wanted to make sure they knew they could skip Step 7 entirely if they already have a .WLD file.

nonuke · Jun 19, 2015

jwilcoxson said:
I wanted to make sure they knew they could skip Step 7 entirely if they already have a .WLD file.

Sometimes the problem is the wrong type of MMC.

jwilcoxson · Jun 19, 2015

nonuke said:
Sometimes the problem is the wrong type of MMC.

Usually it is a formatting issue, people accidentally format as FAT32. The VIPA 953-0KX10 MMC is 512MB / FAT16.

Gmort27 · Jun 19, 2015

Yes I have the S7PROG.WLD file, but I could not find a VIPA MMC, so using a Siemens MMC instead, possible to work? Sorry it's my first time doing this. Btw, how to make sure that I format as FAT16 instead of FAT32?

jwilcoxson · Jun 19, 2015

I believe the Siemens cards are formatted in a proprietary way, such that you may not be able to format them as FAT16 or when you do, it would no longer be able to be used with a Siemens PLC.

Anyway, if you would like to try, to format a MMC you would open up the Windows command prompt and type

FORMAT G: /FS:FAT

Where G is the current drive letter of the MMC card.

Gmort27 · Jun 19, 2015

So using the windows command prompt method, the MMC would be formatted to FAT16 by default?

jwilcoxson · Jun 22, 2015

Using that command, yes. /FS:FAT formats as FAT16 and /FS:FAT32 formats as FAT32.

Mike_RH · Jun 22, 2015

Caution!
If you reformat a Siemens MMC to either FAT16 or 32, It cannot be used as a Siemens mmc. in a Siemens CPU. It will be a very expensive and low capacity card!

jwilcoxson · Jun 22, 2015

Mike_RH said:
Caution!
If you reformat a Siemens MMC to either FAT16 or 32, It cannot be used as a Siemens mmc. in a Siemens CPU. It will be a very expensive and low capacity card!

That is correct, I mentioned that in my original post after he mentioned he had a Siemens MMC.

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