Startup Card

Before using the 5136-PFB-VME card on ProfiBus, download the PFBPROFI software module to the card and configure and run the software module.

Download the software module to shared memory from the host computer, or download it to flash memory using the serial CONFIG port on the card.

The shared memory module is called vmeprofi.ss1. The module in flash memory is called vmeprofi.ssf.

To run the software module, load the appropriate initial boot record (IBR, see Section 2.7.3. Initial Boot Record) to the card.

There are two IBRs, one for running the module from flash memory and one for running the module from shared memory.

It is possible to install one module in flash memory and another in shared memory and run one or the other depending on the IBR used.

When the card is first received, the only software on the card is a short bootloader program in flash memory.