Eaton XP-503 User Manual

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5 Commissioning and operation5.6 XP-503 with Windows Embedded Standard 7XP-503 12/2014 MN048014-EN www.eaton.com 455.6 XP-503 with Windows Embedded Standard 7The XP-503 standard devices are pre-installed with the Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 7operating system. If your XP-503 is not a standard device or is operated with a different operatingsystem these operating system specific descriptions may or may not apply to your device.The general functions of the Windows Embedded Standard 7 operating system can be found in theopen-access system descriptions from Microsoft® .The following instructions describe only specific functions of the XP-503 standard devices operatingwith the Windows Embedded Standard 7 operating system.5.6.1 Protect Mode (Operated with two drives, C:\ and D:\)The Eaton XP-503 family of products running the Windows Embedded Standard 7 operating systemhave a unique and exclusive Protect Mode™ feature that safeguards the integrity of files stored onthe C:\ drive of your operating system. This feature ensures that data and operating system filescannot be modified by anyone or corrupted by unexpected power disruptions. As a result, you can beconfident that the XP-503 meets your rigorous industrial environmental requirements and can beprotected against all unauthorized alterations.When enabled, Protect Mode actively protects your XP-503 unit from unwanted change. As changesare made to data and files on the C:\ drive they appear to be saved but in reality they are saved involatile DRAM memory. This means that when the XP-503 is restarted, all of the changes will bedeleted from memory and the last information saved in the C:\ drive will be used. With this in mind, allchanges made that are to be stored in the C:\ drive must be saved or committed so that the next timethe XP-503 is restarted the new data will be available.Types of data stored on the C:\ drive include: Operating system functionality Time/date data Ethernet port settings Windows registry settings Windows driver installations Visualization runtime software and communications drivers Visualization project filesThe Protect Mode feature is based on the Windows Embedded EWF (Enhanced Write Filter)function, descriptions of the detailed manual operations can be found on the Internet.