7 Setting Up IO-Link Master Unit
7-1
Setting Items and Setting Procedures
This section describes the setting items and setting procedures for the IO-Link Master Unit using an
example of establishing a connection with an OMRON EtherCAT master to access I/O data in the IO-
Link Master Unit.
A configuration example is shown below.
Sysmac Studio
• Setting up communications
with the Controller
• Setting up IO-Link Master Unit
• Creating device variables
• Creating the user program
CX-ConfiguratorFDT
• Setting IO-Link devices
7-1-1
Setting Items
The following table shows the setting items to allow the Controller to access I/O data in the IO-Link
Master Unit.
7-2
Controller
• NJ/NX-series CPU Unit
• NY-series Industrial PC
Non-IO-Link connected external device
NXR-series IO-Link Master Unit for EtherCAT User's Manual (W640)
Built-in EtherCAT port
NXR-series
IO-Link Master Unit
for EtherCAT
IO-Link device