Twincat Tabs; Tree View - Beckhoff CX B110 Series Manual

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TwinCAT tabs

In TwinCAT, information and settings for the EtherCAT interface are added under tabs. The main TwinCAT
tabs are described in this section. In addition, the section illustrates how the EtherCAT interface is displayed
in the tree view under TwinCAT.
The tree view and the tabs for a EtherCAT interface are identical under TwinCAT2 and TwinCAT3.
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Tree view

An EtherCAT master and an EtherCAT slave are displayed as follows in the tree view:
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In this sample the slave was linked to the master. TwinCAT was then scanned for the master, and the master
was added in TwinCAT together with the slave.
No. Description
1 EtherCAT master with corresponding input and output variables
2 The EtherCAT slave is shown below the EtherCAT master. The slave is
automatically added to the tree view, if the master and all connected
devices are scanned.
3 Input and output variables of the EtherCAT slave. Process data can be
created among the input and output variables, which can then be
exchanged cyclically.
The Device Status Mapping variables, which are used for slave diagnostics,
are also displayed here.
4 The variables under WcState indicate whether the EtherCAT slave takes
part in the cyclic process data traffic successfully and error-free. The
variable InputToggle counts new valid incoming telegrams.
5 InfoData contains input variables, which provide information about the
EtherCAT slave, such as status and NetId.
6 Further settings for the EtherCAT slave can be implemented under the tabs.
If only the EtherCAT slave is scanned and then added in the tree view, the EtherCAT is displayed differently.
An EtherCAT slave alone is displayed in the tree view as follows:
CXxxxx-B110 Version: 1.3
TwinCAT tabs
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