Gene Bond
Member
First off, I am not a Siemens guy. I am trying to help a customer who bought an older machine with Siemens equipment in it. So far I have had no success.
The existing HMI was acting flakey, so I located a new replacement 'In Stock'. (That's a whole 'nuther story!)
I was able to backup the existing HMI with a thumb drive. I was restoring the data to the new HMI when the power apparently glitched, and caused the unit to reboot... Apparently the OS (Windows CE) did not get transferred, but the old OS got wiped. The unit just has the bootloader text displayed:
Bootloader MP277-10 Touch
Version 1.6
Date: 14.09.2011
And that's it.
I was hoping I could restore the OS via WinCC. I downloaded and installed WinCC Flexible Version 2008 SP5, and it seems to work on my Win10 virtual machine. I started a new project for the correct HMI, and attempted to download. I can't seem to connect, though. I tried Ethernet (Longshot, IMO, without an OS), USB A-A (Which I was hopeful), and USB-PPI ( https://www.plccable.com/siemens-plc-s7-200-usb-ppi-programming-cable-usbppi/ )
All to no avail. Now, granted, the PPI cable I have may not be the correct one? It is labeled for S7-200. Is there a different one I need?, or am I SOL?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
The existing HMI was acting flakey, so I located a new replacement 'In Stock'. (That's a whole 'nuther story!)
I was able to backup the existing HMI with a thumb drive. I was restoring the data to the new HMI when the power apparently glitched, and caused the unit to reboot... Apparently the OS (Windows CE) did not get transferred, but the old OS got wiped. The unit just has the bootloader text displayed:
Bootloader MP277-10 Touch
Version 1.6
Date: 14.09.2011
And that's it.
I was hoping I could restore the OS via WinCC. I downloaded and installed WinCC Flexible Version 2008 SP5, and it seems to work on my Win10 virtual machine. I started a new project for the correct HMI, and attempted to download. I can't seem to connect, though. I tried Ethernet (Longshot, IMO, without an OS), USB A-A (Which I was hopeful), and USB-PPI ( https://www.plccable.com/siemens-plc-s7-200-usb-ppi-programming-cable-usbppi/ )
All to no avail. Now, granted, the PPI cable I have may not be the correct one? It is labeled for S7-200. Is there a different one I need?, or am I SOL?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.