SEW-Eurodrive DFE24B EtherCAT - Connection Modes and Network Configuration

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Manual – Fieldbus Interface DFE24B EtherCAT®
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Connection mode
Operating MOVITOOLS
®
MotionStudio via EtherCAT
®
7.3 Connection mode
7.3.1 Overview
MOVITOOLS
®
MotionStudio differentiates between "online" and "offline" communica-
tion mode. You can select the communication mode yourself. Depending on the
selected communication mode, you can choose offline or online tools specific to your
unit.
The following figure illustrates the two types of tools:
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[1] Hard drive of the engineering PC
[2] RAM of the engineering PC
[3] Engineering PC
[4] Unit
Tools Description
Offline
tools
Changes made using offline tools affect "ONLY" the RAM [2].
• Save your project so that the changes can be stored on the hard disk [1] of your
engineering PC [3].
• Perform the "Download (PC -> unit)" function if you want to transfer the changes to your
unit [4] as well.
Online
tools
Changes made using online tools affect "ONLY" the unit [4].
• Perform the "Upload (unit -> PC)" function if you want to transfer the changes to your
RAM [2].
• Save your project so that the changes can be stored on the hard disk [1] of your
engineering PC [3].
[4]
[1]
HDD
RAM
[3]
[2]
RAM
Offline-Tool
Online-Tool