The second generation of a user-friendly tool for EtherCAT network engineering, installation, and diagnostics.
- Lightweight, high-performance solution for EtherCAT masters offers essential functions for creating and managing master configurations and network monitoring.
- Integrates with other design environments to create a unified, enhanced development workspace.
- Features are competitive with leading industry products.
Automatic/Manual bus configuration
Automatic generation of cyclic data
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Configuring PI Variables allows the user to manage Master’s/slave’s variables (PDO entries): predefined PI variables as well as user-defined.
Initialization commands
Init commands initialize and control processes of communication with a Slave (according to a specification).
During automatic generation it is checked:
state control, device identification, DC configuration, EtherCAT services initialization
For Mailbox commands:
PDO mapping, AoE, EoE, Plug-in commands with device parametrization
User-defined commands.
Full control of Mailbox services
AoE, CoE, EoE, FoE, SoE :
- Access to Object Dictionary
- Data/file transfer
- Protocols configuration
Device Identification
Using the Device Identification value allows slaves addressing uniquely.
EtherCAT technology allows slave addressing in different ways depending on device’s possibility and user’s needs.
- Configured station alias set by Configuration Tool (if local ID-Selector is not present or equal to Zero).
- EEPROM alias – an alias is read from slave’s EEPROM (0x8 address),
- Requesting ID (for complex slaves with application microcontroller and ID-Selector) – AL Status Code register 0x0134 is used for the Device ID value.
- Direct ID (for simple slave without microcontroller but with ID-Selector). The ID-Selector can be connected directly to I/O Inputs of the ESC. There is no need for microcontroller.
