10 EtherCAT
10.4 Incorporating EtherCAT modules manually
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Figure 89: Device tree with EU5C-SWD-ETHERCAT gateway and SmartWire-DT modules
▶ If the EtherCAT devices you want are not found in the list, update the X-
SOFT-CODESYS-3 version you are using or load the appropriate XML
file; ￫ Section “10.6 Description files for EtherCAT”, page 122.
▶ Check the settings for the parameters for the EtherCAT gateway by dou-
ble-clicking on "EU5C_SWD_ETHERCAT (…)" in the device tree.
10.4 Incorporating EtherCAT modules manually
As an alternative to the description in ￫ Section “10.3 Searching for and
incorporating EtherCAT modules”, page 119, you can also add the EtherCAT
modules to the XControl PLC manually. To do so, follow the steps below:
▶ Right-click on "EtherCAT_Master (…)" in the device tree.
▶ Click on the <Add device…> option.
The list will show all configurable devices:
Figure 90: Adding an EtherCAT device
▶ Select the EtherCAT module you want, such as "EU5C-SWD-ETHERCAT"
in the "Hilscher..." directory.
▶ Click on <Add device> in the "Add device" dialog box.
The EtherCAT module will be added to the device tree.
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For more information on all other gateway settings and on map-
ping, please refer to the "EU5C-SWD-ETHERCAT Gateway"
manual – please refer to ￫ Page 117 and the XSOFT-CODE-
SYS-3 Online Help.
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