Setting Of Station Addresses And Axis Numbers - Panasonic AFP7MC16EC User Manual

Basic Procedure

4.4.3 Setting of Station Addresses and Axis Numbers

Once the information on devices connected to the network is displayed in the project explorer
of EtherCAT Configurator, set the station addresses and axis numbers of servo amplifiers
A5B.erCAT Configurator, set the station addresses and axis numbers of servo amplifiers A5B.
 Explanation of terms
Setting
Name
range
Station address 1-192
1-16
Axis number 1-32
1-64
 Procedure
The following procedure is explained on the condition that slaves have already been
registered in CMI.
PROCEDURE
1. Select an arbitrary slave (servo amplifier) in the project explorer.
The slave information is displayed on the "General" tab in the "Device Editor"
window.
2. Input "Station Address" and "Axis No.".
KEY POINTS
• When a station address is overlapped, an error message is displayed on
EtherCAT Configurator of CMI.
When "Not use" is displayed in the project explorer, no "Axis no." is set.
•
Change the used axis setting as necessary. When there is "Not use", an
error occurs at the time of download.
• When the number of axes specified in the used axis setting is more than the
number of slave axes registered in the project explorer, the download is
executed, however, "network configuration error" occurs when the power
supplies of servo amplifier and FP7 MC Unit turn off and on.
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Description
ID of a slave used on the EtherCAT network. In the technical data of Servo
Amplifier A5B, it is expressed as station alias (node ID).
It is linked with various functions set for each axis in CMI such as axis
parameter setting, positioning table setting, and synchronous parameter setting.
The start requests and flags used in user porgrams are determined based on
the "axis numbers" set in CMI. User programs are created using FPWIN GR7.