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Appendices
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit Built-in EtherCAT Port User’s Manual (W505)
A-3 Multi-vendor Environments
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A-3-5 Settings for MDP-compatible Slaves from Other Manufacturers
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Select a slave on the Edit Pane for the module configuration.
A list of the slave settings is displayed.
Some items in the slave settings only display the current setting. The other items in the slave
settings are changeable. The set values and their meanings are given below for the settings that
are only displayed.
You can edit the PDO Map Settings and Module config send method. The meanings of these
settings are given below.
PDO Map Settings
• The PDO Map Settings displays the settings for the process data assigned for the slave.
• When valid PDOs are present, a list of them is displayed.
• When valid PDOs are not present, “---” is displayed.
• Process data is assigned for each slave in default by the Sysmac Studio. To change the pro-
cess data assignments, click the Edit PDO Map Settings Button. For details, refer to A-3-4
Editing PDO Entry Tables.
Module config send method
• This is the area to select whether to send the module configuration information to the device
or not.
• When you select Send, module configuration information commands are created for the
devices. However, the slaves must support this function.
• When you select Do not send, module configuration information commands are not created
for the devices.
• The default is Do not send.
Name Meaning of setting
Device name The device name that is set in the EtherCAT configuration
Model The model number of the slave
Product name The product name of the slave
Revision The revision of the slave
Number of
modules
The number of modules that are connected