Lenze PLC Designer ApplicationTemplate (PLC Designer R3-x) - Manual (Page 42)

Working with the ApplicationTemplate
Mapping the actual machine structure in the »PLC Designer«
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3. Allocate unique designations to the slaves inserted
(example: "L_94_HL_ActuatorSpeed").
The names can be selected freely and must …
• only contain the characters "A ... Z", "a ... z", "0 ... 9", or "_";
• not start with a digit.
You can enter a name by clicking the element.
Example:
4. Setting the cycle time
• The value for the EtherCAT master cycle time has to be defined according to the cycle
time of the quickest task.
• The icon in front of the respective device indicates the successful
EtherCAT communication.
Note: The EtherCAT cycle time is to be set to the quickest task cycle time set. In this
ApplicationTemplate, the quickest task cycle time is set to 2 ms, therefore 2000 μs have to
be set here.