Starting operation
Technical manual LioN-P EtherCAT® Digital-I/O
Release 1.0 11/2016
5.4 Configuring the controller
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Configuration example with TwinCAT® 3
The configuration and start-up of the modules described on the following
pages refers to the TwinCAT
®
3 software from Beckhoff Automation GmbH.
If you are using a control system from another provider, please consider the
related documentation.
Install the ESI file of the module family in TwinCat
®
. For TwinCat
®
the ESI
file normally has to be copied to the installation folder, e.g.:
C:\TwinCAT\3.1\Config\Io\EtherCAT
.
After the installation (TwinCAT
®
needs a restart), the modules are
available in the hardware catalog.
Start TwinCat and open a new project.
Change to the "I/O" option in the Solution Explorer in the left workspace
window. With a right mouse click on a device choose the option: “Add
New Item …”. Then choose “EtherCAT Master”.
If not already done, choose the network adapter and install the driver for
EtherCAT real time communication.
