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Requirement: A project is open with a PLC device connected. A backup file is saved to the local file system as described above.

  1. Open the device editor by double-clicking the device entry in the device tree. Click the “Backup and Restore” tab.

    Click “Restore  Load Backup File from Disk”.

    The default prompt opens for selecting a backup file ‎tbf‎ in the local file system.

  2. Select the backup file and click “Open”.

    The files are read from the backup file and shown in the table of the dialog below. The file ‎$PlcLogic$/Application/myExternalFile.txt‎ that was excluded in the backup is missing.

  3. Click “Restore  Restore Backup to Device”.

    A dialog prompt opens with information about the actions when restoring.

  4. Click “OK” to start restoring the files to the PLC file system.

    When restore is complete, you are prompted to restart the PLC in order to activate the loaded application.