6. EtherCAT Settings
This section describes the specifications such as communication parameters and variables
that are set in this document.
6.1. EtherCAT Communications Settings
The following is the setting of the destination device.
Node address
6.2. Allocating the Global Variables
The device variables of the destination device are allocated to the Controller's global
variables.
The relationship between the device data and the global variables is shown below.
■Input area (Controller ← Destination device)
Destination device data
Input bits 00 to 15
Sensor 1 output 1
Sensor 1 output 2
Sensor 2 output 1
Sensor 2 output 2
Sensor 3 output 1
Sensor 3 output 2
Sensor 4 output 1
Sensor 4 output 2
Sensor 5 output 1
Sensor 5 output 2
Sensor 6 output 1
Sensor 6 output 2
Sensor 7 output 1
Sensor 7 output 2
Sensor 8 output 1
Sensor 8 output 2
E3X-ECT
001
Global variable name
E001_Read_input_1st_word
E001_In_Bit00
E001_In_Bit01
E001_In_Bit02
E001_In_Bit03
E001_In_Bit04
E001_In_Bit05
E001_In_Bit06
E001_In_Bit07
E001_In_Bit08
E001_In_Bit09
E001_In_Bit00
E001_In_Bit11
E001_In_Bit12
E001_In_Bit13
E001_In_Bit14
E001_In_Bit15
6. EtherCAT Settings
Data type
WORD
BOOL
BOOL
BOOL
BOOL
BOOL
BOOL
BOOL
BOOL
BOOL
BOOL
BOOL
BOOL
BOOL
BOOL
BOOL
BOOL
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