Commissioning
EL125x, EL2258
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Version: 2.5
Fig.
“Basic EtherCAT Slave Diagnosis in the PLC”
shows an example of an implementation of basic
EtherCAT Slave Diagnosis. A Beckhoff EL3102 (2-channel analogue input terminal) is used here, as it offers
both the communication diagnosis typical of a slave and the functional diagnosis that is specific to a channel.
Structures are created as input variables in the PLC, each corresponding to the process image.
Fig. 138: Basic EtherCAT Slave Diagnosis in the PLC
The following aspects are covered here:
