Beckhoff CU2508 User Manual

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Real-time Ethernet port multiplier 77
Version: 2.6
Fig. 42 EtherCAT Distributed Clocks reference....................................................................................... 35
Fig. 43 CU2508 slave - Distributed Clocks setting .................................................................................. 35
Fig. 44 EtherCat device EoE settings ...................................................................................................... 36
Fig. 45 CU2508 EoE settings .................................................................................................................. 36
Fig. 46 TwinCAT EtherCAT cable redundancy........................................................................................ 37
Fig. 47 Display of a simple EtherCAT topology ....................................................................................... 38
Fig. 48 Specification of the redundancy port ........................................................................................... 38
Fig. 49 Specification of the field-side redundancy port ............................................................................ 39
Fig. 50 Checking topology with EtherCAT cable redundancy.................................................................. 39
Fig. 51 Setting the TCP/IP operating mode ............................................................................................. 41
Fig. 52 Declaration of a CU2508 downlink port as a TCP/IP port............................................................ 41
Fig. 53 Flow of data when using the CU2508 as an EoE switch ............................................................. 42
Fig. 54 EoE switch settings...................................................................................................................... 42
Fig. 55 Creating a new device ................................................................................................................. 43
Fig. 56 Selection of the adapter for EAP ................................................................................................. 44
Fig. 57 Selection of the Ethernet adapter ................................................................................................ 44
Fig. 58 Adding the Ethernet devices........................................................................................................ 45
Fig. 59 Creating a new device ................................................................................................................. 45
Fig. 60 Selection of the device for BK90xx and others ............................................................................ 45
Fig. 61 Selection of the CU2508 port to be used..................................................................................... 46
Fig. 62 Adding the Ethernet devices........................................................................................................ 46
Fig. 63 Selection of the "Virtual Port" setting ........................................................................................... 47
Fig. 64 Selecting the "Adapter Referent" ................................................................................................. 47
Fig. 65 Publisher/Subscriber model......................................................................................................... 48
Fig. 66 Insert a Publisher Box.................................................................................................................. 49
Fig. 67 Insert a Network Variable ............................................................................................................ 50
Fig. 68 Displaying the inputs and outputs of the added Publisher box.................................................... 50
Fig. 69 Mapping of the network variable with an output variable of the PLC........................................... 51
Fig. 70 Insert a Subscriber box under the RT Ethernet device................................................................ 52
Fig. 71 "Insert Box" dialog - selecting and naming the Subscriber box (Box1)........................................ 52
Fig. 72 Creating the network variable under the Subscriber box............................................................. 53
Fig. 73 Adding a network variable ........................................................................................................... 53
Fig. 74 "Import Network Variable" dialog - display of Publisher variables ............................................... 54
Fig. 75 Display of created inputs and outputs.......................................................................................... 54
Fig. 76 Online value of Quality after unplugging and reconnecting of the network connector................. 55
Fig. 77 Incrementing of the CycleIndex variables.................................................................................... 56
Fig. 78 Interrelationship between quality and delayed network variable ................................................. 57
Fig. 79 Example for communication via network variables...................................................................... 58
Fig. 80 Example for different size and structure in PC and CX ............................................................... 59
Fig. 81 Publisher RT Ethernet settings .................................................................................................... 60
Fig. 82 Publisher settings - UDP/IP ......................................................................................................... 61
Fig. 83 Publisher variable settings........................................................................................................... 62
Fig. 84 Subscriber settings ...................................................................................................................... 63
Fig. 85 Subscriber variable settings......................................................................................................... 63
Fig. 86 CU2508 ESL prefix ..................................................................................................................... 65
Fig. 87 ESL structure ............................................................................................................................... 65

Beckhoff CU2508 Specifications

General

Brand	Beckhoff
Model	CU2508
Category	Switch
Language	English