10 EtherCAT
10.2 Configuring the EtherCAT master
118 Modular PLCs XControl: XC-104-…, XC-204-…, XC-303-… 01/23 MN050005EN Eaton.com
Figure 84: Device tree with EtherCAT master
10.2 Configuring the EtherCAT master
▶ Double-click on "EtherCAT_Master (EtherCAT Master)" in the PLC config-
uration device tree.
▶ Click on the <Search> button in the "General" tab.
Figure 85: EtherCAT master parameters
XSOFT-CODESYS-3 will show the MAC addresses and names for the Ether-
net interfaces on the XControl PLC.
Figure 86: List of all XC-303-C32-002 PLC Ethernet interfaces found
▶ Select the Ethernet port to which you connected or will be connecting
the EtherCAT gateway.
▶ Select the "Select network by name" setting in the "General" tab. This will
make the PLC connect by name (e.g., "ETH2") independently of the MAC
address.
▶ Enable the "Automatic slave restart" option so that communication with
the modules will start automatically.
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