Omron CJ1W- ECT21 Operation Manual page 40

1 Features and System Configuration
Letter
(E) Communications
Cable
(F) ESI (EtherCAT
Slave Information
File)
(G) Configuration Soft-
ware
*1. An EtherCAT Slave Unit cannot be connected to any of the OMRON CJ1W-NC□81/□82 Position Control Units
even though they can operate as EtherCAT masters.
*2. Refer to A-7 Version Information on page A-33 for information on CPU Unit version compatibility when con-
necting EtherCAT Slave Units to CJ/CP/NSJ-series CPU Units.
*3. Refer to A-7 Version Information on page A-33 for information on the versions of the CX-Programmer that you
can use to set up CJ-series EtherCAT Slave Units.
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Item
Use a double-shielded cable with aluminum tape and braiding of category
5 (100BASE-TX) or higher, and use straight wiring.
The ESI files contain information unique to the EtherCAT slaves in XML
format. You can load an ESI file into the EtherCAT master Configuration
Software to easily allocate slave process data and make other settings.
Configuration Software runs on a personal computer and it is used to con-
figure the EtherCAT network and EtherCAT slaves.
Description
CJ-series EtherCAT Slave Units Operation Manual (W541)