Settings And Setting Procedures; Items To Set; Slave Terminal Parameters - Omron NX-ECC201 User Manual

9 Setting Up Slave Terminals
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Settings and Setting Procedures

This section describes the settings that are required to access I/O data in EtherCAT Slave Terminals
from an NJ-series CPU Unit. This section also describes the setting procedures.
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Items to Set

The settings that are used to access I/O data in the EtherCAT Slave Terminals from the NJ-series CPU
Unit are given below.
Setting
Setting Slave Terminal param-
eters
Assigning variables
CPU Unit (EtherCAT master)
Variables
EtherCAT
Make the above settings on the Sysmac Studio. Then connect the Sysmac Studio to the CPU Unit and
transfer the settings to the CPU Unit and Slave Terminals.
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Slave Terminal Parameters

The Slave Terminal parameters must be set to ensure that the EtherCAT Slave Terminal operates as
intended, and performs process data communications with the EtherCAT master. The settings are listed
in the following table.
Settings as an EtherCAT slave
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Set the settings of the EtherCAT Coupler Unit as an EtherCAT slave, and the
Slave Terminal configuration and operation settings.
Assign and register the variables that are required to access the I/O data from
the user program.
Assigning variables
EtherCAT
Coupler Unit
Setting Slave Terminal parameters
Setting
Description
NX Units
Description
These settings are required for operation as an EtherCAT
slave.
NX-series EtherCAT Coupler Unit User's Manual (W519)