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Operation with the MOVITOOLS
®
MotionStudio engineering software
Communication via EtherCAT
Manual – EtherCAT
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Interfaces, Field Distributors
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You can use the ping command to check whether the communication path to the
EtherCAT
®
mailbox gateway is established correctly. To do so, proceed as follows:
• Open a command-line interface window on your engineering PC to enter a DOS
command.
• Enter "ping" and the IP address of the EtherCAT
®
mailbox gateway. The complete
command line for the described network setting (example) is:
Ping 169.254.61.254
• If there is no response to the ping command, repeat the steps described in the two
previous sections:
– "Configuration of the mailbox gateway in the EtherCAT master"(→2109)
– "Configuring the network at the engineering PC"(→2110)
INFORMATION
Settings of the EtherCAT
®
master are not adopted
• If the settings of the EtherCAT
®
master are not adopted, perform a reboot.
13.5.5 Communication settings in MOVITOOLS
®
MotionStudio
Configuring the communication channel via EtherCAT
®
Proceed as follows to configure a communication channel for EtherCAT
®
:
1. Click on "Configure communication connections" [1] in the toolbar.
[1]
[2] [3][1]
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Setting communication parameters for EtherCAT
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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
®
.
4. To add an IP address, click on the symbol [Add IP address] [2].
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