Lenze EtherCAT control technology - Manual (Page 55)

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Control technology | EtherCAT communication manual
Commissioning of the system
Detailed commissioning steps
7.2.6 Inserting devices available on the fieldbus into the »EtherCAT Configurator« project
After a Fieldbus scan with the »EtherCAT Configurator«
( 47)
the EtherCAT nodes are
listed according to their physical order at the fieldbus in the Start Search dialog box:
Here you can...
 assign individual unique device names in the Device name column. Observe the
IEC 61131 syntax (no spaces and leading digits in variable names)!
 select individual devices in the Device name column and copy them into your
»EtherCAT Configurator« project:
– Activate the Copy into project button.
– The Copy into project button will only appear if one or more devices are selected.
 copy all available devices into your »EtherCAT Configurator« project. ( 55)
– Activate the Copy all devices into project button.
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Note!
We recommend to copy all devices into the project.
After pasting you must check if the order of the devices in the project
corresponds to the physical order in the network.