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Manual – Fieldbus Interface DFE24B EtherCAT®
7
Communication via EtherCAT
®
Operating MOVITOOLS
®
MotionStudio via EtherCAT
®
7.4.5 Communication settings in MOVITOOLS
®
MotionStudio
Configuring the
communication
channel with
EtherCAT
®
Proceed as follows to configure a communication channel for EtherCAT
®
:
1. Click on "Configure communication plugs" [1] in the toolbar.
This will open the "Configure communication plugs" window.
2. From the dropdown menu [1], select "Ethernet" as the communication type.
In the example, "ETHERNET" is activated as the communication type for the first
communication channel [2].
3. Click [Edit] [3] in the right section of the window.
This will display the settings for the "Ethernet" communication type.
4. Set the communication parameters. Follow the instructions described in the section
"Setting communication parameters for EtherCAT
®
".
Setting communi-
cation parameters
for EtherCAT
®
Proceed as follows to set the EtherCAT
®
communication parameters:
1. Set up the EtherCAT
®
protocol. Select the "EtherCAT settings" tab.
2. Tick the "Activate EtherCAT" checkbox.
3. Change the set communication parameters if necessary. Refer to the detailed de-
scription of the communication parameters for EtherCAT
®
.
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[1] "Configure communication plugs" symbol
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[1] "Type of communication" dropdown menu
[2] "Activate" checkbox
[3] [Edit] button
[1]