Checking The Ethercat Communications; Checking The Connection Status - Omron CJ1W-ECT21 Quick Start Manual

6. Checking the EtherCAT Communications

6.1. Checking the Connection Status

Check the connection status of EtherCAT.
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If the I/O Communication Area
Setting Table, PDO mapping and
switch settings are configured
properly, EtherCAT
communications should occur.
Verify EtherCAT Communications
by checking the indicators and I/O
data exchange.
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Using the I/O Map tab (Fig 1) in Sysmac Studio change the values of the Output variables. (Fig 4)
In CX-Programmer, open the Memory tab (Fig 2) and monitor the CIO area (Fig 3). Then see the
result (Fig 5)
Figure 1. Studio Explorer window, I/O Map
Figure 3.CX-Programmer, Monitor
Figure 2.CX-Programmer, Memory tab
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