Configuration And Operation; Inserting Into The Ethercat Network - ICP DAS USA ECAT-201x EtherCAT Slave I/O User Manual

ECAT-2011H EtherCAT Slave I/O module

3.2 Configuration and Operation

Before following the steps below, you must first install the EtherCAT Master software (e.g., Beckhoff
TwinCAT, refer to http://infosys.beckhoff.com). In this example, we will use Beckhoff TwinCAT 2.x to
configuring and operating the ECAT module, and Beckhoff TwinCAT 2.X is the most commonly used
EtherCAT Master Software.

Inserting into the EtherCAT network

Installation the latest XML device description(ESI)
Ensure that the latest XML device description has been installed in the appropriate
NOTE
TwinCAT folder. The ESI file can be downloaded from the ICP DAS web site
(http://ftp.icpdas.com/pub/cd/fieldbus_cd/ethercat/slave/ecat-2000/software/), and
should be installed according to the installation instructions.
Step 1 Install the ESI file
ESI Filename, as indicated in the table below.
Module
ECAT-2011H
ECAT-2012H
ECAT-2016N
Copy the ESI file to the appropriate Master Tools installation folder, as indicated in the table
below.
Software
Beckhoff EtherCAT Configuration
Beckhoff TwinCAT 3.X
Beckhoff TwinCAT 2.X
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Filename
ICPDAS_ECAT-2011.xml
ICPDAS_ECAT-2012.xml
ICPDAS_ECAT-2016.xml
Default Path
C:\EtherCAT Configurator\EtherCAT
C:\TwinCAT\3.x\Config\Io\EtherCAT
C:\TwinCAT\Io\EtherCAT
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