Setting And Wiring Hardware; Mounting And Setting Ethercat Master Unit; Mounting And Setting Slave Units; Wiring Communications Cables - Omron E3NX-FA Operation Manual

3 Basic Usage Procedures
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Setting and Wiring Hardware

Make settings and wiring of the EtherCAT Master Unit and Slave Units, and power supply.
3-2-1

Mounting and Setting EtherCAT Master Unit

Mount the EtherCAT Master Unit at the prescribed location and make settings of Unit No. and so on.
For the detailed explanation, refer to the manual of the EtherCAT Master Unit to be used.
3-2-2

Mounting and Setting Slave Units

Mount each slave and Distributed Sensor Unit in their designated locations, and then set the node
addresses and other settings.
For details, refer to each item below.
 Mounting
"4-1 Mounting E3NW-ECT and Sensor Amplifiers" on page 4-2
 Setting Hardware
"6-3-2 Node Address Setting Switches" on page 6-6
Set the node address.
3-2-3

Wiring Communications Cables

Connect communications cables to the EtherCAT master, slaves, and the Distributed Sensor Units.
Refer to "4-2 Connecting to EtherCAT Network" on page 4-4 for wiring procedures.
3-2-4

Connecting Power Supplies

Connect the Unit power supply to the EtherCAT master, slaves, and the Distributed Sensor Units.
In addition, connect the I/O power supply to each Slave Unit as required.
For the connection method, refer to "4-3 Connecting to Unit Power Supply and I/O Power Supply" on
page 4-8 or the wiring diagram of each Slave Unit (in pages explaining the details).
3-2-5

Connecting fiber or Sensors head

Connect fiber or sensor head to sensor amplifier
For the connection method, refer each sensor amplifier manual
Reference
If you connect the Distribution Sensor Unit to your network, refer to "A-2 Using Distributed
Sensor Units" on page A-52 as well.
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E3NW-ECT EtherCAT Digital Sensor Communication Unit Operation Manual (E429)