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DOC140901UM01EN | Revision 1 | English | 2015-03 | Released | Public
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3. Configure Ethernet adapter as EtherCAT
®
master device.
In the Menu, choose
Options
>
Show Real Time Ethernet
Compatible Devices…
The
Installation of TwinCAT RT-Ethernet Adapters
dialog window
opens:
Figure 15: Installing TwinCAT Ethernet adapter (1)
Note:
TwinCAT features two different drivers for Ethernet network
adapters:
The
TwinCAT Driver for Real-Time Ethernet
provides “hard” RTE
support for EtherCAT
®
applications, but can only be used with Intel-
based network adapters. Adapters on your PC recognized by TwinCAT
and supported by this driver are listed under
Compatible devices
(see
picture above).
The
TwinCAT Real-Time Ethernet
Intermediate
Driver
can be
used
for network adapters without an Intel chip set, but lacks “hard” RTE
support for EtherCAT
®
. Adapters on your PC recognized by TwinCAT
and supported by this driver are listed under
Incompatible devices
.
Select the network adapter which you want to use as TwinCAT master
device, then click
Install
Button.