Fig. 11 Startup List In The Twincat System Manager - Beckhoff EP3356-0022 Documentation

Basics of communication
• If the value is to be stored permanently, enter it in the Startup list. The order of the Startup entries is
usually irrelevant.
Fig. 11: Startup list in the TwinCAT System Manager
The Startup list may already contain values that were configured by the System Manager based on the ESI
specifications. Additional application-specific entries can be created.
Online/offline directory
While working with the TwinCAT System Manager, a distinction has to be made whether the EtherCAT
device is "available", i.e. switched on and linked via EtherCAT and therefore online, or whether a
configuration is created offline without connected slaves.
In both cases a CoE directory is visible according to the figure "CoE-Online tab", but the connectivity is
displayed as offline/online.
• If the slave is offline
◦ the offline list from the ESI file is displayed. In this case modifications are not meaningful or
possible.
◦ the configured status is shown under Identity
◦ no firmware or hardware version is displayed, since these are features of the physical device.
◦ Offline is shown in red
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