AN-401 Recovering project from MC2xx
When programs are not “Fixed” in the Motion Coordinator’s Flash EPROM, there is a chance that the programs may be lost due to low battery voltage or an external event corrupting the RAM.
This document will be helpful If the Motion Coordinator will not start the machine on power up and you cannot connect Motion Perfect to synchronise with the Project files
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