Lenze EtherCAT Controller-based Automation - Manual (Page 80)

7 Commissioning of the system
7.3 Detailed description of the commissioning steps
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2. Append the EtherCAT slaves under the EtherCAT master.
You have two options:
• Automatically Determining the physical EtherCAT configuration (fieldbus scan) ( 75)
(previously: Configuring the communication parameters ( 73) .)
• Manually with the command Append device in the context menu of the EtherCAT
master
Select a field device from the selection list. Only those devices can be selected whose
EtherCAT device descriptions have been imported in »PLC Designer«.
 Importing missing devices / device description files ( 78)
Repeat the command Append device until all participating slaves on the field bus have
been incorporated in the EtherCAT configuration.