EtherCAT Gateway
Wieland Electric GmbH | BA000970 | 11/2016 (Rev. F)
EtherCAT configuration of the gateway - how the data are
transferred
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The following steps are required to configure the communication between the PLC program-
ming system and the gateway. Configuration in the programming system is done by integra-
ting a standardized ESI description file.
This documentation does not address the installation of the EtherCAT network or the other
components of the automation system project in the network configuration tool. It is assu-
med that the EtherCAT project in the configuration program (e.g. Beckhoff TwinCAT) has
already been set up. The examples presented are based on configurations created with the
help of Beckhoff TwinCAT.
Step 1: Install the EtherCAT slave description file
Before the SP-EN-ETC module can be used for the first time as part of the network configurati-
on tool (e.g. Beckhoff TwinCAT), the gateway description file must first be installed in the
hardware catalog of the tool.
Download the GSD file and the equipment symbol from the product site of the SP-EN-ETC
module (https://eshop.wieland-electric.com/).
Follow the instructions to install XML in the online help or user manual of the EtherCAT
network configuration tool for the master or for the EtherCAT control system.
Step 2: Add the gateway to a PLC project
To make the system of the samosPRO system available in the process diagram of the PLC, the
gateway must first be added to the hardware configuration. The procedure to be used depends
on the hardware configuration software of the PLC used. Please also read the documentation
for the corresponding software in this regard.
The example below shows how the gateway is added to a control project in Beckhoff Twin-
CAT.
Copy the description file Wieland SP EN ETC V1.1.xml to the TwinCAT folder. An example
of a typical installation can be seen below:
If a path is to be specified in the ESI file in which, for example, the description file for the
expansion modules is locates, create this path in the directory exactly as described in the
file.
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