Offline Configuration Creation - Beckhoff EL1512 Documentation

Commissioning
• the devices/modules be connected to the power supply and ready for communication
• TwinCAT must be in CONFIG mode on the target system.
The online scan process consists of:
• detecting the EtherCAT device [} 83] (Ethernet port at the IPC)
• detecting the connected EtherCAT devices [} 84]. This step can be carried out independent of the
preceding step
• troubleshooting [} 87]
The scan with existing configuration [} 88] can also be carried out for comparison.
5.2.5

OFFLINE configuration creation

Creating the EtherCAT device
Create an EtherCAT device in an empty System Manager window.
Fig. 86: Append EtherCAT device (left: TwinCAT 2; right: TwinCAT 3)
Select type 'EtherCAT' for an EtherCAT I/O application with EtherCAT slaves. For the present publisher/
subscriber service in combination with an EL6601/EL6614 terminal select "EtherCAT Automation Protocol
via EL6601".
Fig. 87: Selecting the EtherCAT connection (TwinCAT 2.11, TwinCAT 3)
Then assign a real Ethernet port to this virtual device in the runtime system.
Fig. 88: Selecting the Ethernet port
78 Version: 3.5 EL1502, EL1512