{"id":1357,"date":"2026-10-20T14:49:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T06:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huiqi-china.com\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2026-10-20T14:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T06:49:44","slug":"penquan-kongzhi-chengxu-beifen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huiqi-china.com\/en\/penquan-kongzhi-chengxu-beifen\/","title":{"rendered":"What Should You Do If the Fountain Control System Program Is Lost? The Correct Way to Back It Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<article style=\"max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 20px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.8; color: #333; text-align: left;\">\n\n  <p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 20px;\">Backing up fountain control system programs is the most easily overlooked aspect of fountain operations and management, yet it can result in the most severe losses if something goes wrong. The bottom line: If the control program is lost, the fountain will cease to function normally, and restoration costs can range from several thousand to hundreds of thousands of yuan\u2014with a backup, restoration can be completed within one hour; without a backup, an engineer must return on-site to reprogram the system, requiring 7\u201330 days and incurring costs that must be borne entirely by the client. This article systematically explains the backup methods and storage standards for PLC programs and DMX show programs, as well as the recovery options available in the event of program loss.<\/p>\n\n  <h2 style=\"font-size: 22px; color: #1a1a1a; border-left: 4px solid #007cba; padding-left: 10px; margin-top: 35px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;\">Why Does the Fountain Control Program Get Lost?<\/h2>\n\n  <p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 20px;\">Understanding the causes of data loss is a prerequisite for establishing an effective backup system:<\/p>\n  <ul style=\"padding-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left; list-style-type: disc;\">\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;\"><strong>Controller Mainboard Failure:<\/strong>If the hardware is damaged, the data stored on it may become unreadable.<\/li>\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;\"><strong>Unexpected Power Outage:<\/strong>A sudden power outage occurred while writing (downloading) the program, causing the program file to become incomplete and corrupted.<\/li>\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;\"><strong>Overwriting Due to User Error:<\/strong>A manual operation overrode the original running program with the test program.<\/li>\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;\"><strong>PLC Battery Depleted:<\/strong>The lithium-ion battery aged and failed, causing RAM data loss after the power was turned off.<\/li>\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;\"><strong>Original contractor's note:<\/strong>By using the program's password to blackmail the client into continuing the partnership, Party A loses its right to perform independent maintenance.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  <h2 style=\"font-size: 22px; color: #1a1a1a; border-left: 4px solid #007cba; padding-left: 10px; margin-top: 35px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;\">Backing Up Two Types of Programs<\/h2>\n\n  <h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #333; margin-top: 25px; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: left;\">1. Backing Up PLC Programs<\/h3>\n  <p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 20px;\">The PLC is at the heart of safety logic control. Use the corresponding brand\u2019s programming software (such as Siemens TIA Portal) to read the data via a programming cable, save it as a project file following the \u201cYYYYMMDD\u201d date naming convention, and implement dual backups\u2014both physical and cloud-based.<\/p>\n\n  <h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #333; margin-top: 25px; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: left;\">2. DMX Show Program Backup<\/h3>\n  <p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 20px;\">DMX is the control hub for artistic performances. It must be backed up simultaneously.<strong>Program Engineering Documents<\/strong>\u548c<strong>Music Files<\/strong>. Both are backed up simultaneously; neither can be omitted.<\/p>\n\n  <h2 style=\"font-size: 22px; color: #1a1a1a; border-left: 4px solid #007cba; padding-left: 10px; margin-top: 35px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;\">The \u201c3-2-1\u201d Rule for Backup Storage<\/h2>\n  <figure style=\"margin: 20px 0; overflow-x: auto;\">\n    <table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 600px; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\">\n      <thead>\n        <tr style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; border-bottom: 2px solid #dcdcdc;\">\n          <th style=\"padding: 12px 15px; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0; font-weight: 600;\">Backup Location<\/th>\n          <th style=\"padding: 12px 15px; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0; font-weight: 600;\">Media Type<\/th>\n          <th style=\"padding: 12px 15px; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0; font-weight: 600;\">Update Frequency<\/th>\n        <\/tr>\n      <\/thead>\n      <tbody>\n        <tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\"><td style=\"padding: 12px 15px; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\">Control Room Filing Cabinet<\/td><td style=\"padding: 12px 15px; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\">Custom-Labeled USB Flash Drives<\/td><td style=\"padding: 12px 15px; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\">After the program was modified<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><td style=\"padding: 12px 15px; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\">Administration Office<\/td><td style=\"padding: 12px 15px; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\">Portable Hard Drive<\/td><td style=\"padding: 12px 15px; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\">Quarterly<\/td><\/tr>\n        <tr><td style=\"padding: 12px 15px; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\">Cloud Storage<\/td><td style=\"padding: 12px 15px; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\">Enterprise Cloud Storage\/Server<\/td><td style=\"padding: 12px 15px; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\">Real-time Synchronization<\/td><\/tr>\n      <\/tbody>\n    <\/table>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <h2 style=\"font-size: 22px; color: #1a1a1a; border-left: 4px solid #007cba; padding-left: 10px; margin-top: 35px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;\">Recovery Path After Program Loss<\/h2>\n  <ul style=\"padding-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left; list-style-type: decimal;\">\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;\"><strong>Backup available:<\/strong>Simply download the source code directly to the controller; after testing, it will be restored.<\/li>\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;\"><strong>No backup, but the contractor is on site:<\/strong>Pay the service fee, and the contractor will assist with the restoration.<\/li>\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;\"><strong>No backup and the contractor is unreachable:<\/strong>A third party must be commissioned to reprogram the equipment based on the equipment list and on-site inspection, which is costly and time-consuming.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  <h2 style=\"font-size: 22px; color: #1a1a1a; border-left: 4px solid #007cba; padding-left: 10px; margin-top: 35px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;\">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)<\/h2>\n  \n  <h3 style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #1a1a1a; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left; font-weight: bold;\">Q: Can operations staff perform backups on their own?<\/h3>\n  <p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 15px;\">A: The backup process (reading) is relatively simple; it can be mastered after 1\u20132 hours of training provided by the manufacturer and does not require specialized programming skills.<\/p>\n\n  <h3 style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #1a1a1a; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left; font-weight: bold;\">Q: Is it legal for a contractor to withhold the source code for a program?<\/h3>\n  <p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 15px;\">A: That is not legal. Program files are considered deliverables under the contract, and Party A has the right to request the handover of unencrypted source files. Please include this provision in the contract terms during the signing phase.<\/p>\n\n  <p style=\"margin-top: 40px; padding: 20px; background-color: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #007cba; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\">\n    <strong>Huiqi Fountain<\/strong>With 19 years of industry experience, we hand over all program source files to the client upon project completion, provide third-party backup services, and conduct on-site training for operations staff on program backup procedures. For fountain maintenance or program recovery support, please contact: www.huiqi-china.com, Phone: 13826128838.\n  <\/p>\n\n<\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u55b7\u6cc9\u63a7\u5236\u7cfb\u7edf\u7a0b\u5e8f\u5907\u4efd\u662f\u55b7\u6cc9\u8fd0\u8425\u7ba1\u7406\u4e2d\u6700\u5bb9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fountain-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huiqi-china.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huiqi-china.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huiqi-china.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huiqi-china.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huiqi-china.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.huiqi-china.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1359,"href":"https:\/\/www.huiqi-china.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357\/revisions\/1359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huiqi-china.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huiqi-china.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huiqi-china.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huiqi-china.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}