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Commissioning/configuration of IO-Link master/device
EPI3xxx, ERI3xxx 52 Version: 1.2
Integrating IO-Link devices
The catalog supports the IO-Link device description (IODD). The IODDs for the EPIxxxx, ERIxxxx IO-Link
Box modules from Beckhoff can be downloaded via the following link:
Download IODD . The downloaded zip
file contains the IODD device description files for the Beckhoff EPIxxxx, ERIxxxx IO-Link Box modules.
No manual copying of the XML files
Do not copy the files directly into the folder; read them in via Import Devicedescription instead! Im-
portant checks will otherwise be bypassed!
The integration of the IODD file should always be the first step, since this enables the breakdown of the
individual process data of the IO-Link devices as well as the display of the parameters.
There are several ways of integrating an IO-Link device:
1. Importing the IODD file (offline & online) via
◦ button Import Devicedescription [
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53] (A) or
◦ button IODD Finder [
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2. Automatic scanning of the IO-Link ports (online) via
◦ button Scan devices [
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3. Manual insertion (offline & online) via
◦ menu Create Device [
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Fig. 53: Creating IO-Link devices
If the IODD is not available, the IO-Link device should be integrated online by scanning. Manual integration
of the IO-Link devices via
Create Device should only be carried out if the IODD of the vendor and the IO-Link
device are not available at the time of project creation.
Configuration of the IO-Link ports as digital inputs/outputs
If the IO-Link port is to be used as a simple digital input or output, the selection "Std-I/O" -> "dig in" or "dig
out" can be made in the
IO-Link Device Catalog. After restarting the EtherCAT system or reloading the
configuration in Config mode (F4), the corresponding process data are created.