BECKHOFF EP2xxx - Manual (Page 107)

Comissioning/Configuration
EtherCAT tab
Fig. 108: EtherCAT tab
Type EtherCAT device type
Product/Revision Product and revision number of the EtherCAT device
Auto Inc Addr. Auto increment address of the EtherCAT device. The auto increment address can be
used for addressing each EtherCAT device in the communication ring through its
physical position. Auto increment addressing is used during the start­up phase when
the EtherCAT master allocates addresses to the EtherCAT devices. With auto
increment addressing the first EtherCAT slave in the ring has the address 0000
hex
.
For each further slave the address is decremented by 1 (FFFF
hex
, FFFE
hex
etc.).
EtherCAT Addr. Fixed address of an EtherCAT slave. This address is allocated by the EtherCAT
master during the start­up phase. Tick the control box to the left of the input field in
order to modify the default value.
Previous Port Name and port of the EtherCAT device to which this device is connected. If it is
possible to connect this device with another one without changing the order of the
EtherCAT devices in the communication ring, then this combination field is activated
and the EtherCAT device to which this device is to be connected can be selected.
Advanced Settings This button opens the dialogs for advanced settings.
The link at the bottom of the tab points to the product page for this EtherCAT device on the web.
Process Data tab
Indicates the configuration of the process data. The input and output data of the EtherCAT slave are
represented as CANopen process data objects (PDO). The user can select a PDO via PDO assignment and
modify the content of the individual PDO via this dialog, if the EtherCAT slave supports this function.
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