Hello Everyone!I want to ask about firmware upgrade for controller and IO card. Is there any references how long a controller or IO card firmware upgrade take time? When i do simulate it in my office it's vary from 3 - 5 minnutes as per card. Please kindly share your experiences in the real plant upgade project. FYI, i do upgrade from DV 9.3 to 11.3.1.
Thanks,
Candra
For project estimating purposes, MD Controllers (Redundant pair) takes about 10 minutes each controller, with some time in between for synchronization, simplex takes longer as you need to download the config after upgrade.
IO cards are about 5 minutes, but Fieldbus cards are about 30 minutes.
It's time consuming sitting at the console performing manual firmware upgrades of IO, especially if you have redundant IO and you request confirmation before switching. I'd recommend using the automatic switchover option, providing your plant will allow.
The amount of time taken varies from Analog I/O (takes more time) to discrete I/O (takes less time). Fieldbus cards take quite long (could be twice as long as Analog I/O cards). Your assumption of about 3-5 minutes per card seems like a reasonable number for an average estimate.