Bosch rexroth ctrlX AUTOMATION, Quick Start Manual

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ctrlX AUTOMATION First Steps
Step 9 – Configuring an axis

Bosch Rexroth AG R911403760

Edition 01

Configuring theEtherCAT Slave
1.

The 

“ctrlX I/O Engineering”

 tool is used for the configuration. It was

installed in step 1.
Refer to 



Chapter 5.1 “Step 1 

–

 Installing ctrlX WORKS on the engi-

neering PC” on page 11

To open the 

“ctrlX I/O Engineering”

, go to the ctrlX CORE side navigation

and then to the window 

“Automation”.



The 

“Automation”

 window shows the widget 

“EtherCAT”

.

2.

Select the link 

“I/O Engineering”

 in the widget.



The tool 

“ctrlX I/O Engineering”

 opens.

device tree is shown at the left edge of the screen.
The device tree contains three objects in its initial state:

●

: Project node

●

: Control node

●

: EtherCAT Master node

3.

Select the EtherCAT Master node and right-click to open its context menu.

4.

Execute the command 

“Scann For Devices...”

.



The dialog 

“Bus scann”

 opens and shows all slaves available at the bus.

5.

To apply the found slaves to the project, select the button   and confirm

the dialog using the button 

“Apply”

.



The EtherCAT Slave is added to the device tree below the EtherCAT

Master node.

6.

Apply and enable the field bus configuration to the control. Select the

button   in the command bar.



The field bus configuration is applied to the control and the bus is

switched to the 

“OP”

 state.

If there are more components at the bus such as a bus coupler, exe-

cute the command 

“Scann For Devices...”

 a second time. The modules

connected to the bus coupler are then detected at the bus and can be

applied to the configuration. 

7.

Save the configuration to ctrlX I/O Engineering via the button  .

8.

The EtherCAT configuration is only saved temporarily after these steps. To

save this configuration remanently on the control, i.e. also after switch-off,

go to the window 

“Configurations”

 in the side navigation and select the

button 

“Save”

.



A notification confirms that the configuration was saved.

5.9

Step 9 

–

 Configuring an axis

After the EtherCAT Master has been created in step 8 and the ctrlX DRIVEplus

has been configured as EtherCAT bus device via the 

“ctrlX I/O Engineering”

, an

axis is configured in this step and coupled with ctrlX DRIVEplus.

Configuring an axis
The axes are configured via the 

“Motion App”

 installed on the control is step 6,

refer to 



Chapter 5.6 “Step 6 

–

 Installing the ctrlX CORE app ” on page 14

..

1.

In the ctrlX CORE side navigation, navigate to the window 

“Motion 



 Axis

Configuration”.



The current Motion operating state and the configured axes are dis-

played in the 

“Axis Configuration”

 window.

No axis is configured in the initial state.