siemens sinumerik usb bootable disk

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HowtocreateaBootableUSBStickforPCU50.3?

Ifat

power

ON,

the

PCU

does

boot

and

hangs

at

initial

stage,

then

we

need

to

restore

theGhostImage.TotakethePCU50.3toServiceCenter(WhenPCU50.3isnotbooting

healthy)weneedaBootableUSBstick.

TheBootableUSBstickcanbemadefromtheEBOOT.ghofile.Thisfileisstoredinevery

PCU50.3underthepathD:/EBOOT/EBOOT.gho.Youcanalsocopythis.ghofiletoyour

PCPGandrestoreittotheUSBdrivebyGHOST8.2software.

Step1]

Connect theUSBdrive toPCU50.3.Boot thePCU50.3 inServiceCenter.Go to Launch

Program>EntercommandGHOST32>OK

WiththistheGhostapplicationwillopenasshowninBelowImage

Now Go to Local > Disk > From Image. Select the Path of the Image ie

D:/EBOOT/EBOOT.gho

ThenselecttheDriveinwhichyouneedtorestorethisImageieExternalUSBDrive.

Oncethisisdone,BootableUSBStickisready.


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How

to

Use

the

Bootable

USB

Stick.?

Step1]PowerOFFPCU50.3

Step2]

Insert

the

Bootable

USB

stick

to

PCU50.3

Step3]PowerONPCU50.3

Step 4]Once the PCU50.3 ispoweredON, KeeppressingAlarm Cancel ofOP till the

followingwindowappears

Note If you continuously keeppressing theAlarm Cancel Key, this window will get

bypass.Hence

its

better

to

press

slowly

and

wait

till

this

window

appears.

Step5]Oncethiswindowisobserved,selectthelastoptionieUSBHDD.AndpressInput.

OncethisisdonethesystemwillbootintoServiceCenter.


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Itwill takefewminutes to boot in ServiceCenter.Once thePCU is booted in Service

CenterthefollowingScreenwillAppear

NowyoucangofurtherwithyourGhostBackup/Restore,Image/DiskIntegrityCheck.


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Special

Commands

while

working

with

Ghost

Go>LaunchProgram>EntertheCommandWINFILEasshowninbelowimage

This

command

is

use

to

copy

your

useful

data

from

PCU50.3

Hard

Disk

when

the

PCU50.3isnotbooting.


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OncetheCommandisentered,windowwillappearasseeninBelowimage.

TheRedmarkedintheimagearetheDrivenames&Copy/Pastecommand.

NoteTheDrivenamewillbedifferentasitisseenintheWindowXP.

InthiscasetheExternalUSBdriveisdetectedasaDDrive.


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ExerciseCopytheMPFfolderfromPCU50.3HardDisktoExternalUSBdrive.

HeretheMPFfolderisLocatedunderG:/dh/MPF.dir.Selectthispathasshowninabove

image&Clickoncopiesfiles&directories.


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Onceyouclickoncopiesfiles&directories,followingwindowwillappear

EnterthepathwhereyouwanttosavetheMPF.Dir.

Thepath is entered asmarked inRED in above image. Thepath has to bemanually

entered.


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Once the command is excuted, you can check the copiedfiles..eg as shown in below

image


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TIPS

Tips IfPowerfailswhenyourServiceCenter isbooting,thenduringyournextpower

On,every

time

PCU50.3

will

boot

into

Service

center

Mode

only.

The

screen

displayed

will

beasshowninbelowimage

Toavoidthisphenomenon,justpressuparrowkeywhenthiswindowisdisplayed.

Asshowninbelowimage

AndthenthePCU50.3willbootinSinumerikMode

siemens sinumerik usb bootable disk

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