Basic Operation Of Twincat; Open Xae Through Visual Studio 2010 / 2013; Project Creation & Download Eeprom - ASIX AX58200 User Manual

4. Basic Operation of TwinCAT

Before starting up the AX58200-TSB first time, you MUST download available contents into AX58200
EEPROM first. If there are no available contents in AX58200 EEPROM, the MCU will be reset forcibly
by ESC.
Assume you already installed the BECKHOFF TwinCAT XAE in your environment.
Please follow below sections for EEPROM download.

4-1 Open XAE through Visual Studio 2010 / 2013

Open the XAE by clicking below system tray icon:
4-2 Project creation & download EEPROM
Any common deploy or applications through TwinCAT XAE all should process under a TwinCAT project. We
create an empty TwinCAT project and scan out etherCAT slave that linked to the master. If you have a
Beckhoff real-time compatible network adapter (ex: Intel I-350) in the system, TwinCAT master can bundle
the adapter as main etherCAT port. If you have 2 adapters, the second adapter can be used for deploy
redundancy. Whatever, you should create a TwinCAT project first for any etherCAT related affairs under
TwinCAT XAE. Please refer to below steps:
⚫ Step 1: Click the "New TwinCAT Project..."
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