Software; Software Conditions; Fundamentals Of The Ethercat Interface Connection; Ethercat Configuration (Eeprom) - KEB COMBIVERT F5 Instructions For Use Manual

4 Software

4.1 Software conditions

Not all software versions are available. The operating mode ExtendedPDMode is supported from
software V2.3. The mode is deactivated by default and therefore downwards compatible to soft-
ware V2.0.

4.2 Fundamentals of the EtherCAT interface connection

The KEB F5 EtherCAT operator contains a separate EtherCAT slave controller for time-critical
operations of the EtherCat communication. By using this EtherCAT controller it is guaranteed that
basic communication is compatible to the EtherCAT specification.

4.2.1 EtherCAT Configuration (EEPROM)

All values are saved in intel format (LSbyte first) into the EEPROM. The following table lists only
the main presettings of the EtherCAT EEPROM.

4.2.2 Mailbox communication

The KEB F5 EtherCAT operator supports the mailbox communication. All parameters of the FI
control and the operator can be read out or preset itself via this mailbox by using the CANoverEth-
erCAT.
Buffer size of the receive mail-
box
Buffer size of the transmit
mailbox
Supported mailbox protocols
Supported CoE services

4.2.2.1 Parameter addressing by 16 bit index plus 8 bit subindex

The following table shows parameter grouping compatible with [2]:
(*1): The KEB parameter address can be found in the application manual of the used FI.
Byte-Offset
0
2
4
1.Index Last index
1000h 1FFFh
2000h 5E00h
6000h 9FFFh
Meaning
PDI-Control
PDI-Config
SyncImpulseLength
Minimum
16 byte
Minimum
16 byte
CANoverEtherCAT(CoE)
Initiate SDO download expedited in server mode,
Initiate SDO upload expedited in server mode,
Emergency as client
Description
Communication parameters according to
Parameter of the FI control with index = KEB parameter ad-
dress + 2000h(*1). The subindex is used for set-addressing
Device profile parameters according to [4]
Software
Value
0009h
0400h
000Ah
Maximum
50 byte
Maximum
50 byte
[2]
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