Backing Up Settings - Omron Sysmac NJ Series User Manual

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Backing Up Settings

Before you replace an EtherCAT slave that is currently performing communications, the settings of the
EtherCAT slave to replace are backed up.
The settings of an EtherCAT slave are divided according to the storage locations and setting methods
into initial parameters and backup parameters, as shown in the following table.
Slave settings
Initial parameters
Backup parameters
To replace an EtherCAT slave, you first back up the backup parameters that are stored in the Ether-
CAT slave.
1
Click the Edit Backup Parameter Settings Button in the EtherCAT Slave Setting Tab Page.
The Backup Parameter Settings Tab Page is displayed.
2
Click the Transfer from Slave Button.
All of the backup parameters that are stored in the EtherCAT slave and displayed in the list are
transferred from the EtherCAT slave.
3
Click the Compare Button.
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Storage location
EtherCAT master These parameters are set automatically from the
EtherCAT master when EtherCAT communications
start or when a slave is connected.
EtherCAT slaves You set these parameters by transferring them to the
slaves from the Backup Parameter Settings Tab
Page of the Sysmac Studio.
The data can also be transferred from the EtherCAT
Drive Tab Page.
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit Built-in EtherCAT Port User's Manual (W505)
Slave setting method