A 6.4 Ethercat Configuration With The Beckhoff Twincat©-Manager - MICRO-EPSILON capaNCDT 6200 Operating Instructions Manual

Appendix| EtherCAT Documentation
A 6.4
For example the Beckhoff TwinCAT Manager can be used as EtherCAT Master.
You can also download the file from the Micro-Epsilon website via the link
http://www.micro-epsilon.com/capa6200,
then under Download/Micro-Epsilon EtherCAT ESI file.
EtherCAT®-Slave information files are XML files, which specify the characteristics of the Slave device for the
EtherCAT® Master and contain information to the supported communication objects.
Searching for a device:
capaNCDT 6200
EtherCAT Configuration with the Beckhoff TwinCAT©-Manager
Copy the device description file (EtherCAT®-Slave Information)
cluded CD in the directory \\TwinCAT\IO\EtherCAT (for TwinCATV2.xx) or \\TwinCAT\3.1\Config\IO\Ether-
CAT (for TwinCAT V3.xx), before the measuring device can be configured via EtherCAT®.
Restart the TwinCAT Manager after copying.
I/O Devices,
Select the tab
Yes.
Confirm with
Select a network card, where EtherCAT®–Slaves should be searching for.
Scan
then .
Micro-Epsilon.xml
from the in-
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