ABB RECA-01, User Manual

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Introduction
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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 on page 33 ) are types of data words; the
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
www.ethercat.org