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About This Manual
EtherCAT Communication Unit USER’S MANUAL (3G3AX-MX2-ECT)
About This Manual
This User's Manual consists of chapters listed below.
Understanding the following configuration ensures more effective use of the product.
Overview
Chapter 1
EtherCAT Network
This chapter explains the overview, features and specifications of the
EtherCAT Communication Unit.
Chapter 2
Starting a Sample System
This chapter explains information such as the mounting, wiring and
setting methods for the EtherCAT Communication Unit.
Chapter 3
Common Slave Specifications
This chapter explains the common slave specifications during EtherCAT
communication, and about the ESIs, PDOs and SDOs.
Chapter 4 Inverter Control This chapter describes the profiles that are used to control inverters.
Chapter 5 CiA402 Drive Profile This chapter explains about the CiA402 drive profile.
Chapter 6 Handling of Errors and
Maintenance
This chapter explains how to handle any errors that occur in the
EtherCAT Communication Unit.
Appendix The appendix provides a list of objects.