11
Commissioning with TwinCAT®
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11 Commissioning with TwinCAT®
11.1 Components
The following components are required for operation of devices of the 5
th
generation of STÖBER inverters with EtherCAT:
1. MDS 5000 or FDS 5000 starting with firmware V 5.2 or SDS 5000 with
firmware V 5.4
2. ECS 5000 (EtherCAT board)
3. PC software POSITool starting with version V5.2
4. A device description file (e.g., STÖBER POSIDRIVE xDS5000 FastRef
V52.xml
5. EtherCAT master software TwinCAT
®
starting with version V 2.10 Build 1248
6. Network cable starting with category CAT5e
11.2 Device description file
TwinCAT
®
must be informed of the characteristics and capabilities which the
inverter offers via EtherCAT. This is done with a suitable device description file
"STÖBER POSIDRIVE xDS5000.xml." You can prepare device description files
to fit your configuration with the EtherCAT assistant in POSITool. Proceed as
shown below:
Information
The functions presented below are exclusively available for use with
TwinCAT
®a)
starting with the versions specified in 11.1. Many of the
parameters for the EtherCAT functions must be set with the software of
TwinCAT
®
. The explanations here refer to this software
a) TwinCAT
®
is registered trademark, licensed by Beckhoff Automation GmbH,
Germany.
How to create a device description file
1. Create a project with an EtherCAT device controller and the additional PCB
ECS 5000
2. Start the EtherCAT wizard.
3. Select the page 4. Device description.
4. Press the button Create new device description file (XML file).
The device description file is created. You can select where the file is to be
saved with the Save as dialog screen.
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