6. EtherCAT Settings
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6. EtherCAT Settings
This section provides specifications such as communications parameters and variable names
that are set in this document.
6.1. EtherCAT Communications Settings
The following is the setting of the destination device.
3G3AX-MX2-ECT
(3G3MX2-A[][][][])
Node address 01
6.2. Allocating the Global Variables
The device variables of the destination device are allocated to the Controller's global
variables.
The relationship between the device data and the global variables is shown below.
■Output area (Controller → Destination device)
Destination device data Global variable name Data type
Operation command to Inverter E001_Command WORD
Output frequency E001_Frequency_reference INT
■Input area (Controller ← Destination device)
Destination device data Global variable name Data type
Status E001_Status WORD
Output frequency monitor E001_Output_frequency_monitor INT
■Details of the status allocation (Controller ← Destination device)
Destination device data Global variable name Data type
Sysmac error status E001_Sysmac_Error_Status BYTE
Error information at
observation level
E001_Observation BOOL
Error information at minor
fault level
E001_Minor_Fault BOOL