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1 Introduction to NJ-series Controllers
NJ-series CPU Unit Hardware User’s Manual (W500)
1-3 Overall Operating Procedure
for the NJ-series Controller
1
1-3-2 Procedure Details
The following Controller Configurations and Setup and the Programming and Task Settings can be performed in either
order.
Step 2-1
Slave and Unit
Configurations
1) Creating the Slave
and Unit Configura-
tions
1. Creating the slave configuration and
Unit configuration either offline or
online. (For online configuration, make
the online connection that is described
in step 5.)
2. Setting up any Slave Terminals that are
used.
EtherCAT Slave Set-
ting Editor
Unit Editor
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit
Software User’s Manual
(Cat. No. W501)
NX-series EtherCAT Cou-
pler Unit User’s Manual
(Cat. No. W519)
2) Assigning Device
Variables to I/O Ports
Registering device variables in variable
tables (Variable names are user defined or
automatically created.)
I/O Map NJ/NX-series CPU Unit
Software User’s Manual
(Cat. No. W501)
(The following step is for motion control.)
3) Creating the Axes
and Assigning Them
to the Servo
Drive/Encoder Input
Slaves
Creating the axes and setting them as real
axes or virtual axes. Creating axes groups
to perform interpolated axes control.
Configurations and
Setup Motion Con-
trol Setup
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit
Software User’s Manual
(Cat. No. W501)
Step 2-2
Controller Setup
Setting the following parameters from the
Sysmac Studio
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit
Software User’s Manual
(Cat. No. W501)
Setting the initial values for the PLC
Function Module
Configurations and
Setup Controller
Setup Operation
Settings
Initial settings for Special Units Configurations and
Setup CPU/Expan-
sion Racks
(To use motion control)
Setting the initial settings for the
Motion Control Function Module
Configurations and
Setup Motion Con-
trol Setup
Setting the initial values for the Ether-
CAT Function Module
Configurations and
Setup EtherCAT
Setting the initial values for the Ether-
Net/IP Function Module
Configurations and
Setup Controller
Setup Built-in Ether-
Net/IP Port Settings