Appendices
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CJ-series EtherCAT Slave Units Operation Manual (W541)
A-1 Example of Operations for EtherCAT
Slave Unit Communications
This section provides an example of operations for EtherCAT Slave Unit communications with an Ether-
CAT master.
In this example, the NJ-series CPU Unit’s built-in EtherCAT port is used as the EtherCAT master. Refer
to the NJ/NX-series CPU Unit Built-in EtherCAT Port User’s Manual (Cat. No. W505) for instructions on
using the built-in EtherCAT port on the NJ-series CPU Unit.
The following configuration is used for this example.
A-1-1 System Configuration
Letter Description Comment
(A) Sysmac Studio Used to configure the EtherCAT master
(B) EtherCAT master (NJ-series CPU Unit) Built-in EtherCAT port on NJ-series CPU Unit
(C) Communications cable ---
(D) CJ-series EtherCAT Slave Unit CJ1W-ECT21
(E) CJ-series CPU Unit ---
(F) CX-Programmer Used to configure the EtherCAT Slave Unit
(B) EtherCAT master
(NJ-series CPU Unit)
(A) Sysmac Studio
(F) CX-Programmer
(D) CJ-series
EtherCAT Slave Unit
CJ1W-ECT21
(E) CJ-series
CPU Unit
(C) Communications
cables
Built-in EtherCAT port