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NY-series Industrial Panel PC / Industrial Box PC Built-in EtherCAT Port User’s Manual (W562)
Section 2 Part Names and Slave Settings
2-1 Part Names and Functions .....................................................................................................2-2
2-1-1 Built-in EtherCAT Port Indicators ................................................................................................ 2-2
2-1-2 Windows Used in Sysmac Studio ............................................................................................... 2-3
2-1-3 Connecting the Sysmac Studio................................................................................................... 2-6
2-2 Setting the Node Addresses of the EtherCAT Slaves .......................................................... 2-8
2-3 Features of Sysmac Devices ................................................................................................ 2-11
2-3-1 Sysmac Devices ........................................................................................................................2-11
2-3-2 Sysmac Device Features...........................................................................................................2-11
2-3-3 List of Sysmac Devices............................................................................................................. 2-14
2-3-4 Sysmac Device Features and EtherCAT Masters .................................................................... 2-15
Section 3 EtherCAT Communications
3-1 EtherCAT Communications Types and Settings .................................................................. 3-2
3-1-1 CoE (CAN Application Protocol over EtherCAT) ........................................................................ 3-2
3-1-2 Types of Communications .......................................................................................................... 3-5
3-1-3 Types of EtherCAT Variables...................................................................................................... 3-6
3-1-4 Settings Required for EtherCAT Communications...................................................................... 3-7
3-2 Programming EtherCAT Communications............................................................................ 3-8
3-3 State Transitions for EtherCAT Communications ................................................................ 3-9
3-3-1 Self Diagnosis at Startup ............................................................................................................ 3-9
3-3-2 Control States for EtherCAT Communications............................................................................ 3-9
3-3-3 CPU Unit Status in Relation to EtherCAT ..................................................................................3-11
Section 4 EtherCAT Network Wiring
4-1 Laying the EtherCAT Network ................................................................................................ 4-2
4-1-1 Supported Network Topologies................................................................................................... 4-2
4-1-2 Installation Precautions............................................................................................................... 4-3
4-1-3 Installing EtherCAT Communications Cables ............................................................................. 4-4
4-1-4 Connecting Communications Cables.......................................................................................... 4-7
4-1-5 Cable Connection Procedure...................................................................................................... 4-8
Section 5 Setting Up EtherCAT Communications with
the Sysmac Studio
5-1 Overview of Network Configuration Information.................................................................. 5-2
5-2 Creating the EtherCAT Network Configuration..................................................................... 5-3
5-3 Setting EtherCAT Slave Variables and Axes ......................................................................... 5-6
5-3-1 Registering Device Variables for All EtherCAT Slaves ............................................................... 5-6
5-3-2 Axis Settings for Servo Drives and Encoder Input Slaves ........................................................ 5-10
5-4 EtherCAT Master and Slave Parameter Settings ................................................................ 5-11
5-4-1 Setting EtherCAT Master ...........................................................................................................5-11
5-4-2 Setting EtherCAT Slaves .......................................................................................................... 5-15
5-5 Comparing and Merging EtherCAT Network Configurations ............................................ 5-22
5-5-1 Comparing and Merging with the Actual Network Configuration from the Sysmac Studio ....... 5-22
5-5-2 Automatically Creating the Network Configuration ................................................................... 5-26
5-5-3 Using the Sysmac Studio to Obtain Serial Numbers from the Actual Network Configuration... 5-29
5-6 Downloading the Network Configuration Information ....................................................... 5-31
5-6-1 Downloading the Network Configuration Information from the Sysmac Studio ........................ 5-31