USB Disk Drive Replacement Unit

Robotics Industrial robot upgrade package Enhanced USB disk drive replacement unit

Programs and data are among the most valuable parts of a robot system. Besides being business critical, they may cost thousands of dollars to develop. Yet they are often stored on outdated ﬂ oppy disks. Using the ABB USB disk drive replacement kit you can easily shift to USB memory sticks – safeguarding your vital robot data.

What is the USB disk drive replacement kit? Supported controller versions The USB disk drive replacement kit is a complete packaged The enhanced USB disk drive replacement kit supports ABB’s upgrade solution that replaces your existing floppy disk drive robot controller versions C5.3, S4, S4C, S4P, S4C plus and unit with a USB connection point. The product lets you trans- S4P plus. fer all of your stored programs and data to a standard USB memory stick and also provides a connection point for a PC. Main benefits − Replaces 3.5-inch drives or boxes of disks A safer way to store data − Faster transfer time and lower risk of data loss Although programs and data are among the most valuable − Ideal for cold booting and program selection parts of a robot system, they are often stored on outdated − Large storage capacity – equivalent to 100 floppy disks 3.5-inch floppy disks. Since the life expectancy of a floppy − Completely plug compatible – supplied with fixings disk drive is less than a third of the rest of the robot system, it may be the first part to fail – possibly taking your programs with it. Modern USB media significantly improves your data storage security. www.abb.com/robotics Key features use. Software toformat up to100floppydisksisattached. supplied withtwoUSBsticksthatmustbeformattedbefore an instructionandinstallationmanualinEnglish.Theunitis parts necessarytoinstallandruntheUSBdevice,including The product comescomplete inapackagecontainingallthe Packaged solution buttons onthefront panel. channel, displayedfrom 00to99,byusingtheupanddown tor caneasilyselectthedesired virtualdiskbychangingthe 100 virtualdisksoneachUSBmemorystick.Theopera- The USBdiskdrivereplacement kitoffers support forupto Easy selectionofvirtualdisk you touseaUSBmemorystickinstead. to arobot isviaalaptopcomputer. TheUSBdeviceenables er. Usinganetworkconnection,theonlywaytouploaddata cost-efficient solutionthannetworkingarobot to amainserv- The USBdiskdrivereplacement kitisinmanycasesamore More cost-effective thannetworking memory stickstores theequivalentof100floppydisks. media suchasUSBmemorysticks.Infact,onesingle transfer rateandstoragecapacityare lowerthanmodern them unsuitableforuseinindustrialenvironments. Their They are sensitivetomagneticfieldsanddirt,whichmakes Floppy disksare becomingincreasingly difficult toacquire. Larger storagecapacity For more informationcontact yourlocalABBRoboticsserviceorganisation. Product manual USB Memorystick USB Replacementkit Part numbers: XPand Windows Vista, Windows PC software requirements Included parts Shipping weight Dimensions C5.3,S4,S4C,S4P, S4Cplusand Supported controller versions 3HAC038751-001 3HAC038143-004 3HAC041840-001 7(32Bitand64Bit) Windows andinstallationmanualinEnglish • 2 USB memorystickswithsoftware • PC software (download) • USB floppydiskdrivereplacement unit 0.2 kg 24 x100124mm S4P plus C5.3, S4,S4C,S4P, S4CplusandS4P Product versionsare availableforABB’s robot controller versions class serviceswherever ABB robots andsystemsare installed. and partnerscontinuetobuyfrom ABB.We provide world- ABB RoboticsServicewantstobethereason whycustomers Our vision − − − − − ABB’s uniqueglobalservicecoverage equivalent of100ﬂ oppy disks. Eliminate space-demandingﬂ oppy disks.OneUSBmemorystores the

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