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Operation with the MOVITOOLS
®
MotionStudio engineering software
Communication via EtherCAT
Manual – EtherCAT
®
Interfaces, Field Distributors
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Installation on different devices
The EtherCAT
®
master and engineering PC with MOVITOOLS
®
MotionStudio are in-
stalled on different devices.
EtherCAT
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EURODRIVE
EtherCAT
MBX
[1]
[2] [3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
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[1] Engineering PC with Ethernet interface and MOVITOOLS
®
MotionStudio
[2] Ethernet network
[3] Engineering interface of the EtherCAT
®
master
[4] Internal IP routing
[5] EtherCAT
®
master (e.g. TwinCAT system) with integrated mailbox gateway
(MBX)
[6] EtherCAT
®
interface
[7] Devices with EtherCAT
®
interfaces
13.5.2 Configuration of the mailbox gateway in the EtherCAT
®
master
• Activate VoE/EoE support on the EtherCAT
®
controller.
• Activate the connection to the TCP/IP stack and IP routing.
• Specify the IP address of the EtherCAT
®
mailbox gateway. The IP address is usu-
ally assigned by the engineering tool (e.g. TwinCAT) and should not be changed.
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