Step 9 - Configuring An Axis - Bosch rexroth ctrlX AUTOMATION Quick Start Manual

16 ctrlX AUTOMATION First Steps
Step 9 – Configuring an axis
Configuring theEtherCAT Slave
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Step 9 – Configuring an axis
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After the EtherCAT Master has been created in step 8 and the ctrlX DRIVEplus
has been configured as EtherCAT bus device via the
axis is configured in this step and coupled with ctrlX DRIVEplus.
Configuring an axis
The axes are configured via the
refer to
1.
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The "ctrlX I/O Engineering"
installed in step 1.
Chapter 5.1 "Step 1 – Installing ctrlX WORKS on the engi-
Refer to

neering PC" on page 11
To open the "ctrlX I/O
and then to the window
 The "Automation" window shows the widget "EtherCAT".
Select the link "I/O Engineering"
 The tool "ctrlX I/O Engineering"
device tree is shown at the left edge of the screen.
The device tree contains three objects in its initial state:
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: Project node
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: Control node
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: EtherCAT Master node
Select the EtherCAT Master node and right-click to open its context menu.
Execute the command
 The dialog "Bus scann"
To apply the found slaves to the project, select the button
the dialog using the button "Apply".
 The EtherCAT Slave is added to the device tree below the EtherCAT
Master node.
Apply and enable the field bus configuration to the control. Select the
button in the command bar.
 The field bus configuration is applied to the control and the bus is
switched to the "OP"
If there are more components at the bus such as a bus coupler, exe-
cute the command
connected to the bus coupler are then detected at the bus and can be
applied to the configuration.
Save the configuration to ctrlX I/O Engineering via the button
The EtherCAT configuration is only saved temporarily after these steps. To
save this configuration remanently on the control, i.e. also after switch-off,
go to the window "Configurations"
button "Save" .
 A notification confirms that the configuration was saved.
Chapter 5.6 "Step 6 – Installing the ctrlX CORE app " on page 14
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In the ctrlX CORE side navigation, navigate to the window
Configuration" .
 The current Motion operating state and the configured axes are dis-
played in the "Axis Configuration"
No axis is configured in the initial state.
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tool is used for the configuration. It was
Engineering", go to the ctrlX CORE side navigation
"Automation" .
in the widget.
opens.
"Scann For Devices...".
opens and shows all slaves available at the bus.
state.
"Scann For Devices..."
in the side navigation and select the
"Motion App" installed on the control is step 6,
window.
and confirm
a second time. The modules
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"ctrlX I/O Engineering", an
"Motion  Axis
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