A-9-7 Examples Of Applications Of Enabling/Disabling Ethercat Slaves And Axes; Examples Of Applications Of Enabling/Disabling Ethercat Slaves And Axes - Omron NJ-series User Manual

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Set the value of Enable/Disable Settings to Enabled on the Parameter Settings Area for the
EtherCAT slave.
Enabling/Disabling Axis with Sysmac Studio
Use the following procedure to enable an axis on the Sysmac Studio.
1
Right-click Axis Settings under Configurations and Setup - Motion Control Setup and select
Add - Axis Settings from the menu.
The axis MC_Axis000(0) is added under Axis Settings.
2
Right-click MC_Axis000(0) and select Edit from the menu.
The Axis Basic Settings Display appears.
3
Set Axis Use to Used Axis.
Running/Stopping Program at the Start of Operation with Sysmac
Studio
Use the following procedure to execute a program at the start of operation on the Sysmac Studio.
1
Right-click Task Settings under Configurations and Setup and select Edit from the menu.
The Task Settings Tab Page is displayed.
2
Click the Program Assignment Settings Button.
The Program Assignment Settings Display appears.
3
Set Initial Status of the program to Run on the Program Assignment Settings Display.
A-9-7 Examples of Applications of Enabling/Disabling EtherCAT
Slaves and Axes
This section provides concrete examples of applications in which EtherCAT slaves and axes are
enabled and disabled.
Application 1: Centralized Management of Machines with Different
EtherCAT Slave Configuration and Axis Composition
Assume that the EtherCAT slaves and axis compositions for the NJ-series Controllers are different for machines
1 and 2 as shown below. These two machines are centrally managed using one Sysmac Studio project.
EtherCAT Slave Configuration and
Axis Composition of Machine 1
CPU
Unit
EtherCAT
A B
EtherCAT slaves, axes
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EtherCAT Slave Configuration and
Axis Composition of Machine 2
CPU
Unit
EtherCAT
C
A B C D
EtherCAT slaves, axes
Sensor
NJ-series CPU Unit Software User's Manual (W501)