Uploading and Downloading Configuration Settings

Introduction

When you finish entering configuration settings for the 140 NOP 850 00 module, you need to perform the following tasks:

Update the application
Build the project
Transfer the built project to the CPU

After the built application is transferred to the CPU, the CPU transfers configuration settings to the 140 NOP 850 00 module.

NOTE: Configuration settings do not take effect until they are successfully downloaded from your PC to the CPU, and from the CPU to the 140 NOP 850 00 module.

Updating the Configuration

After you input configuration settings for the 140 NOP 850 00 module, update the configuration as follows:

Step	Action
1	Close the Modicon IEC61850 Configuration Tool. The Confirm dialog opens.
2	Click Yes to save your edits. The Confirm dialog closes. In the Configuration tab of the 140 NOP 850 00 module Properties window, the Update application button is enabled.
3	Click the Update application button.

Clicking Update application button creates variables that display the following information and commands for your Control Expert project:

The status of the IEC61850 server and client.
The IEC61850 data model mapped into PLC memory.

Compiling the Project

To compile the updated project, in Control Expert select either Build → Build Changes or Build → Rebuild All Project. Check the Output window to confirm the process succeeded.

Downloading the Application Program

After the application has been compiled, connect Control Expert to the CPU (PLC → Connect), then download the application to the CPU (PLC → Transfer Project to PLC.

To transfer the compiled application program from Control Expert to the CPU, follow these steps:

Step	Action
1	Connect Control Expert to the CPU: Select PLC → Connect.
2	Stop CPU operations if the CPU is executing an earlier version of the application: Select PLC → Stop.
3	Download the application to the CPU: Select (PLC → Transfer Project to PLC.

On next power-up, the 140 NOP 850 00 module compares the application in the CPU against the one stored in the module.

If the applications are different – or if there is no application program in the module, the CPU downloads the application program to the 140 NOP 850 00 module. The module stores the new application program in its non-volatile memory and loads it on start-up.
If the applications are the same, the module loads the application program stored in its non-volatile memory.

Uploading the Application Program

To transfer the current application program from the CPU to Control Expert, follow these steps:

Step	Action
1	Connect Control Expert to the CPU: Select PLC → Connect.
2	Stop CPU operations if the CPU is executing an earlier version of the application: Select PLC → Stop.
3	Upload the application to the CPU: Select (PLC → Transfer Project from PLC.

NOTE: Uploading the application program does not also upload the IEC61850 settings of the 140 NOP 850 00 module. To apply IEC61850 settings, you need to have saved these settings in a .prj file during a previous configuration. For instructions on how to apply saved IEC61850 settings, refer to the topic Selecting the IEC 61850 Edition.

Archiving the Application Program

To archive the application in Control Expert, do one of the following:

Select File → Save As, then save the file as an .STU file type.
After building the project (Build → Build Changes/Rebuild All Project), select File → Save Archive... then save the file as an .STA file type.

NOTE: Saving your application as an .STA or .STU file type saves the entire Control Expert project, including the IEC61850 project file. If you export the application as a .ZEF file type, the IEC61850 project file is not saved.