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Commissioning/configuration of IO-Link master/device
EPI3xxx, ERI3xxx
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Version: 1.2
5.3.1.3
3. Manual insertion via Create Device
This part of the documentation describes the manual configuration of the IO-Link devices in TwinCAT.
The manual insertion of the IO-Link device should only be carried out if the IODD from the vendor and the
IO-Link device are not available.
The configuration can then be carried out manually. By saving the project, the settings for the individual ports
are saved. The devices that were created are not stored in the
Catalog
(see the figure below (A)).
• To insert the IO-Link devices manually via
Create Device
, proceed as follows:
• If the corresponding IODD of the IO-Link device is already present, the corresponding device can be
selected in the catalog (see the diagram below (A)), sorted by the vendor
• If no IODD is available, the device can be manually added. These data are not saved in the catalog
and must be manually entered for each port.
• Right-click on the port to open the context menu (see the figure below (B)) and select
Create Device
.
• In the
Create Device
dialog an IO-Link device with the basic communication parameters can be
created. The mandatory fields here are: For Vendor ID, Device ID and process data length see the
figure below (D). The values VendorID and DeviceID can be entered both in hexadecimal notation
(input format: 0xnnnn) and as decimal numbers (nnnn).
The communication parameters to be entered can be found in the information provided by the device
vendor.
• If the IO-Link device version is 1.1, then the parameter server is activated by the selection of the field.
• Restart the EtherCAT system or reload the configuration in Config mode (F4)
Fig. 63: Manual creation of an IO-Link device via the "Create Device" dialog (D)
Reading the IODD
Even when manually creating and scanning, the IODD should always be read in as well in order to
display further sensor-specific information.
If the IO-Link device is created manually, some device settings can be implemented in the settings of the IO-
Link devices (see
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