5 Setting Up EtherCAT Communications with the Sysmac Studio
5-12
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit Built-in EtherCAT Port User’s Manual (W505)
• Screen for NX-series CPU Unit
The EtherCAT master settings are listed below.
Name Editing Remarks
Device name OK Displays the name of the EtherCAT master.
Default setting: Master
Model name Not
allowed.
Always ”Master.”
Product name Not
allowed.
Always ”Master.”
Number of Slaves Not
allowed.
The number of slaves is automatically calculated based on the
topology.
Display range: 0 to the maximum number of slaves.
*1
PDO Communications Cycle
*2
Not
allowed.
Displays the time of Process Data Communications Cycle.
This is automatically input based on the task period of the pri-
mary periodic task.
Display range: 500 to 4,000 μs.
Default setting: 1,000 μs
PDO Communications Cycle 1
*3
Not
allowed.
Displays the time of Process Data Communications Cycle 1.
This is automatically input based on the task period of the pri-
mary periodic task.
Display range: 125, 250 to 32,000 μs.
Default setting: 1,000 μs
*4
PDO Communications Cycle 2
*3
Not
allowed.
Displays the time of Process Data Communications Cycle 2.
This is automatically input based on the task period of the pri-
ority-5 periodic task.
*5
Display range: 125, 250 to 100,000 μs.
Default setting: 2,000 μs
Reference Clock Not
allowed.
Displays whether the master provides a reference clock.
*6
Exist: The master provides a reference clock.
Not Exist: The master does not provides a reference clock.
Total Cable Length
*7
OK This is the total cable length between the slaves.
Default setting: 1,000 m