1) Creating the Slave,
NX Unit, and X Bus
Unit Configurations
1. Creating the slave configuration, NX
Unit configuration, and X Bus 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 Tab Page
CPU and Expan-
sion Racks Tab
Page
Slave Terminal Tab
Page
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit
Software User’s Manual
(Cat. No. W501)
NX-series EtherCAT Coupler
Units 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/Encod-
er Input Slaves
Creating the axes and setting them as
real axes or virtual axes.
Creating axes groups to perform interpo-
lated axes control.
Configurations
and Setup −
Motion Control
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
Setting the initial values for the PLC
Function Module
Configurations
and Setup −
Controller Setup −
Operation Settings
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit
Software User’
s Manual
(Cat. No. W501)
3-1-6 Battery on page 3-10
Setting the battery-related error de-
tection when the battery is mounted
Configurations
and Setup −
Controller Setup −
Operation Settings
Setting the initial values for the NX
Bus Function Module
Configurations
and Setup − CPU/
Expansion Racks
− CPU Rack
Setting the initial values for the X
Bus Function Module
Configuration and
Settings - X Bus
Unit - Mounting
Setting
(To use motion control)
Setting the initial settings for the
Motion Control Function Module
Configurations
and Setup −
Motion Control
Setup
Setting the initial values for the
EtherCA
T Master Function Module
Configurations
and Setup −
EtherCAT
Setting the initial values for the
EtherNet/IP Function Module
Configurations
and Setup −
Controller Setup −
Built-in
EtherNet/IP Port
Settings
1 Introduction to NX-series Controllers
1-17
NX-series NX502 CPU Unit Hardware User's Manual (W629)
1-3 Overall Operating Procedure
for the CPU Unit
1
1-3-2 Procedure Details