Lenze C520 - EtherCAT

8.1 EtherCAT
This chapter contains informaon on the following chapters:
4EtherCAT state machine ^ 38
4Addressing of the slaves ^ 40
4Commissioning ^ 41
4Determine the physical EtherCAT conguraon (network scan) ^ 42
4Edit EtherCAT I/O mapping ^ 45
4Restart network ^ 46
4Parameter data transfer ^ 46
4Diagnoscs ^ 47
4Advanced conguraon ^ 57
4Modular machine conguraon ^ 64
EtherCAT® (Ethernet for Controller and Automaon Technology)is an Ethernet-based eldbus
system which fulls the applicaon prole for industrial realme systems.
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EtherCAT® is a registered trademark and patented technology, licensed by Beckho
Automaon GmbH, Germany.
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Detailed informaon on EtherCAT can be found on the web page of EtherCAT Technology
Group (ETG): hp://www.ethercat.org
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Informaon about the sizing of an EtherCAT network can be found in the conguraon
document.
Precondions
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For commissioning, load the current device descripon les for the EtherCAT devices onto
your engineering PC via the »Package Manager«.
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For EtherCAT devices from other manufacturers, the device descripon must be imported
accordingly from the homepage of the manufacturer.
Typical topology
Line
IN OUT
M
R
SDn
SD2
SD1
IN OUT IN
M Master
SD Slave Device
Conguring the network
EtherCAT
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