Twincat (2.1X) System Manager; Configuration By Means Of The Twincat System Manager - Beckhoff EL6751 Documentation

5.3

TwinCAT (2.1x) System Manager

5.3.1

Configuration by means of the TwinCAT System Manager

The TwinCAT System Manager tool is used for the configuration of the EL6751 CANopen master/slave
terminal. The System Manager provides a representation of the number of programs of the TwinCat PLC
systems, the configuration of the axis control and of the connected I/O channels as a structure, and
organizes the mapping of the data traffic.
Fig. 89: TwinCAT System Manager logo
For applications without TwinCAT PLC or NC, the TwinCAT System Manager Tool configures the
programming interfaces for a wide range of application programs:
• ActiveX control (ADS-OCX) for e.g. Visual Basic, Visual C++, Delphi, etc.
• DLL interface (ADS-DLL) for e.g. Visual C++ projects
• Script interface (ADS script DLL) for e.g. VBScript, JScript, etc.
System Manager – Features
• Bit-wise association of server process images and I/O channels
• Standard data formats such as arrays and structures
• User defined data formats
• Continuous variable linking
• Drag and Drop
• Import and export at all levels
The procedure, and the configuration facilities in the System Manager are described below.
• EL6751 - CANopen master terminal [} 76]
• CAN interface [} 79]
• EL6751-0010 - CANopen slave terminal [} 82]
EL6751
Parameterization and commissioning
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