Commissioning
EL3632
93
Version: 2.8
„EtherCAT“ tab
Fig. 121: „EtherCAT“ tab
Type
EtherCAT device type
Product/Revision
Product and revision number of the EtherCAT device
Auto Inc Addr.
Auto increment address of the EtherCAT device. The
auto increment address can be used for addressing
each EtherCAT device in the communication ring
through its physical position. Auto increment
addressing is used during the start-up phase when
the EtherCAT master allocates addresses to the
EtherCAT devices. With auto increment addressing
the first EtherCAT slave in the ring has the address
0000
hex
. For each further slave the address is
decremented by 1 (FFFF
hex
, FFFE
hex
etc.).
EtherCAT Addr.
Fixed address of an EtherCAT slave. This address is
allocated by the EtherCAT master during the start-up
phase. Tick the control box to the left of the input field
in order to modify the default value.
Previous Port
Name and port of the EtherCAT device to which this
device is connected. If it is possible to connect this
device with another one without changing the order of
the EtherCAT devices in the communication ring,
then this combination field is activated and the
EtherCAT device to which this device is to be
connected can be selected.
Advanced Settings
This button opens the dialogs for advanced settings.
The link at the bottom of the tab points to the product page for this EtherCAT device on the web.
“Process Data” tab
Indicates the configuration of the process data. The input and output data of the EtherCAT slave are
represented as CANopen process data objects (
P
rocess
D
ata
O
bjects, PDOs). The user can select a PDO
via PDO assignment and modify the content of the individual PDO via this dialog, if the EtherCAT slave
supports this function.
