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MD800 EtherCAT Starting Guide_EN_v1.1_20211109.docx
7.2 BECKHOFF'S CONTROLLER
Beckhoff's TwinCAT master station is used as an example to describe the configuration of the SI-ECAT card.
NOTE : The 100M Ethernet network adapter with Intel chip must be used. Other network adapters may not
support EtherCAT.
1. Install TwinCAT.
Windows XP system: tcat_2110_2230 is recommended.
Windows 7 32-bit system: tcat_2110_2248 is recommended.
2. Copy the EtherCAT configuration file (MD800_9Axis_V0.18.xml) of MD800 to the
TwinCAT installation directory.
TwinCAT2 directory: TwinCAT\IO\EtherCAT
TwinCAT3 directory: TwinCAT\3.1\config\IO\EtherCAT
TwinCAT3 is used as an example in the following section. The operation steps for TwinCAT2 are
similar.
3. Start TwinCAT.
Click New Project to create a project.
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