Appendices
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NJ/NX-series CPU Unit Built-in EtherCAT Port User’s Manual (W505)
Specifications of Edit PDO Entry Tables Window
The following buttons are used to edit a PDO entry table. The meanings of the buttons are given
below.
• Sysmac Studio version 1.08 or higher is required to use the following buttons to edit PDO
entry tables: Edit PDO Entry, Move Up, Move Down, and Align.
• Sysmac Studio version 1.08 or higher is required to add “0x0000:00” to a PDO entry table.
• Sysmac Studio version 1.22 or higher is required to use the following buttons to edit PDO
entry tables: Compare and Apply Actual Device.
Button Description
Add PDO Entry Button Use these buttons to add objects to and delete objects from the PDO entry table.
“0x0000:00” is for padding. The default size is 8 bits.
Delete PDO Entry Button
Edit PDO Entry Button Use this button to change the size of padding (i.e., the number of bits) in the PDO map-
ping.
Move Up Button Use these buttons to change the order of the PDO entries by moving objects up and down.
Move Down Button
Align Button Use this button to automatically order the PDO entries and adjust byte boundaries.
The PDO entries are ordered according to the type, descending PDO entry size, ascend-
ing indices, and then ascending subindices.
For the type, data arranged by byte boundaries (INT, BYTE, STRING, etc.) comes first, fol-
lowed by data arranged by bit boundaries (BIT, BIT8, etc.).
Compare
*1*2
*1 These buttons are displayed only when Sysmac Studio is connected online with the CPU Unit.
*2 This button is not displayed in MDP-compatible slave setting.
Use this button to compare the PDO map settings of the project and that of the actual
slave.
Apply Actual Device
*1*2
Use this button to upload the PDO map settings from the actual slave and update only the
PDO mapping data in the PDO Map Settings Window.