Inovance MD520 Series - Page 132

EtherCAT Communication
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Select a 100M Ethernet network adapter with an Intel chip. Other network adapters may
not support EtherCAT.
1. Install TwinCAT.
● Windows XP: tcat_2110_2230 is recommended.
● Windows 7 32‑bit: tcat_2110_2248 is recommended.
2. Copy the EtherCAT configuration file (MD500_1Axis_V1.03.xml) of MD520 to the
TwinCAT installation directory.
● TwinCAT2 directory: TwinCAT\IO\EtherCAT
● TwinCAT3 directory: TwinCAT\3.1\config\IO\EtherCAT
The following takes TwinCAT3 as an example. The operation steps for TwinCAT2
are similar.
3. Open TwinCAT.
a. Click New Project to create a project.
b. Click OK.