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5 Setting Up EtherCAT Communications with the Sysmac Studio
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit Built-in EtherCAT Port User’s Manual (W505)
5-4 EtherCAT Master and Slave Parameter Settings
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5-4-2 Setting EtherCAT Slaves
• Screen for NX-series CPU Unit
The EtherCAT slave settings are listed as below.
Name Editing Remarks
Device name OK Displays the name of the slave.
Default setting: E*** (where * is a serial number starting
from 001)
The default value is automatically generated based on the
node address.
Model name Not
allowed.
Automatically displays the name of the slave model.
Product name Not
allowed.
Displays the product name of the slave.
Revision Not
allowed.
Displays the revision of the slave.
PDO Communications Cycle
*1
Not
allowed.
Displays the process data communications cycle
assigned for the slave.
Either of the following values is displayed.
• PDO Communications Cycle 1
Communications cycle is the task period of the pri-
mary periodic task.
• PDO Communications Cycle 2
Communications cycle is the task period of the prior-
ity-5 periodic task.
Node Address OK Sets the node address.
The default value is set automatically when a slave is
added.
Setting range: Settable node address range
*2
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