Fig. 39 Adapter Setting For The Ethercat Device; Fig. 40 Appending A Cu2508 Ethercat Slave - Beckhoff CU2508 Documentation

Commissioning
Fig. 39: Adapter setting for the EtherCAT device
Creation of the configuration
Scanning of the EtherCAT configuration is also possible from this state onwards.
Creating a CU2508 box
The CU2508 downlink port appears as an EtherCAT slave and can be scanned or created manually.
Fig. 40: Appending a CU2508 EtherCAT slave
If creating manually, the "CU2508 Ethernet port" CU2508-0000 must be selected. The check box
"ExtendedInformation" displays the revision numbers, in this case -0000 (fig. Selection of "CU2508 Ethernet
Port").
If "CU2508" is entered in the Search mask, the overview is reduces to the sought device.
Fig. 7: Selection of "CU2508 Ethernet Port"
Further EtherCAT slaves can now be appended to the CU2508 Box.
34 Version: 2.6 Real-time Ethernet port multiplier