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Commissioning
• TwinCAT must be in CONFIG mode on the target system.
The online scan process consists of:
• detecting the EtherCAT device [} 93] (Ethernet port at the IPC)
• detecting the connected EtherCAT devices [} 94]. This step can be carried out independent of the
preceding step
• troubleshooting [} 97]
The scan with existing configuration [} 98] can also be carried out for comparison.
5.2.5
OFFLINE configuration creation
Creating the EtherCAT device
Create an EtherCAT device in an empty System Manager window.
Fig. 87: Append EtherCAT device (left: TwinCAT 2; right: TwinCAT 3)
Select type "EtherCAT" for an EtherCAT I/O application with EtherCAT slaves. For the present publisher/
subscriber service in combination with an EL6601/EL6614 terminal select "EtherCAT Automation Protocol
via EL6601".
Fig. 88: Selecting the EtherCAT connection (TwinCAT 2.11, TwinCAT 3)
Then assign a real Ethernet port to this virtual device in the runtime system.
Fig. 89: Selecting the Ethernet port
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