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1 Features and System Configuration
CJ-series EtherCAT Slave Units Operation Manual (W541)
1-5 Setting Procedures
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1-5 Setting Procedures
The basic setting procedures for the EtherCAT Slave Unit are described below.
Procedure Item Description Reference
1
Making Hardware
Settings and Wir-
ing the EtherCAT
Slave Unit
Setting the unit
number and node
address
Set the unit number and the node
address of the EtherCAT Slave Unit with
the hardware switches.
2-1-3 Switch Set-
tings on page 2-6
Installation Mount the EtherCAT Slave Unit in the
CPU Rack or Expansion Rack.
2-2 Installing the
EtherCAT Slave
Unit on page 2-8
Wiring Connect the EtherCAT Slave Unit and the
EtherCAT master with the communication
cable.
2-3 EtherCAT Net-
work Wiring on
page 2-10
2
Making Software
Settings for the
EtherCAT Slave
Unit
Connecting
CX-Programmer
Connect the CX-Programmer to the
CJ-series CPU Unit.
CX-Programmer
Operation Manual
(W446)
Turning ON power
to the CJ-series
CPU Unit
Turn ON the power supply to the
CJ-series PLC.
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Going online with
the CX-Program-
mer
Place the CX-Programmer online with the
CJ-series CPU Unit.
CX-Programmer
Operation Manual
(W446)
Creating the I/O
tables
Create the I/O table with CX-Program-
mer.
A-5 Creating I/O
Tables on page
A-24
Setting and trans-
ferring the I/O Com-
munication Area
Setting Table
Set the I/O Communication Area Setting
Table with one of the following methods.
• Use the Edit Parameters Dialog Box in
the CX-Programmer.
• Use the allocated DM area words.
Transfer the setting to the EtherCAT
Slave Unit.
• 3-4 I/O Communi-
cation Area Set-
tings on page
3-16
• 3-3 DM Area Allo-
cations on page
3-9
Restarting the
EtherCAT Slave
Unit
Cycle the power supply of the CJ-series
PLC or restart the EtherCAT Slave Unit.
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Checking the I/O
Communication
Area Reference
Tab l e
Check the I/O Communication Area Ref-
erence Table with one of the following
methods.
• Use the Edit Parameters Dialog Box in
the CX-Programmer.
• Use the allocated DM area words.
• 3-4 I/O Communi-
cation Area Set-
tings on page
3-16
• 3-3 DM Area Allo-
cations on page
3-9
Creating and trans-
ferring the user pro-
gram
Create the user program. Transfer the
user program to the CJ-series CPU Unit
with the CX-Programmer.
CX-Programmer
Operation Manual
(W446)
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