Connection With Slave Sl-Vgu1-Ec; Registration Of Slaves - Panasonic AFP7MC16EC User Manual

Supplementary Functions

13.11 Connection with Slave SL-VGU1-EC

13.11.1

Registration of Slaves

Slaves connected to FP7 MC Unit are registered using the EtherCAT communication setting
menu "EtherCAT Configurator" of CMI. The following procedure is explained on the condition
that CMI has already started.
PROCEDURE
1. Select "Parameter" > "EtherCAT communication settings" from the menu
bar.
The "EtherCAT Configurator" window is displayed.
2. Right-click on "FP7 Motion Control Unit" in the project explorer.
The context menu is displayed.
3. Select "Append Slave" from the context menu.
The dialog box for selecting slaves is displayed.
4. Select slaves to be used from the list.
5. Input the number of slaves, and press the [OK] button.
The registration state of the slaves connected to FP7 MC Unit is displayed in the
project explorer. The list shows the slaves in the connection order from the unit
connected to FP7 MC Unit first.
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