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Control technology | EtherCAT communication manual
The Lenze control system with EtherCAT
Required engineering tools
Brief description of the engineering tools
L-force »Engineer«
With the »Engineer«, you can ...
parameterise, configure and diagnose ...
– Servo Drives 9400;
– Inverter Drives 8400;
– the I/O system 1000.
access the supported field devices via the gateway function of the industrial PC.
»Global Drive Control« ((GDC))
With (GDC) you can ...
parameterise, configure and diagnose controllers which are not supported by the
»Engineer« (e.g. devices of the ECS servo system).
access the supported field devices via the gateway function of the industrial PC (not
with PROFIBUS).
L-force »PLC Designer«
The »PLC Designer« is needed to ...
create the control program for the industrial PC;
transfer the PLC projects to the industrial PC.