Terms Used In This Manual; Communication Module; Data Sets And Data Words; Reca-01 Canopen Adapter Module - ABB RECA-01 User Manual

Terms used in this manual

Communication module

Communication module (often abbreviated COMM. MODULE or
COMM.) is a parameter name / parameter selection name for a
device (e.g. a fieldbus adapter) through which the drive is
connected to an external serial communication network.
The communication with the communication module is activated
with a drive parameter (see the appropriate drive firmware
manual).

Data sets and data words

Each data set consists of three 16-bit words, i.e. data words.
The Control Word (sometimes called the Command Word) and the
Status Word, References and Actual Values (see chapter
Communication profiles
contents of some data words are user-definable.

RECA-01 CANopen Adapter module

The RECA-01 CANopen Adapter module is one of the optional
fieldbus adapter modules available for ABB drives. The RECA-01
is a device through which an ABB drive is connected to an
EtherCAT® network.

Parameter

A parameter is an operating instruction for the drive. Parameters
can be read and programmed with the drive control panel, or
through the RECA-01 module.

Further information

Further information on the EtherCAT® protocol is available on the
World Wide Web from
on page 33) are types of data words; the
www.ethercat.org
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