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MD800 EtherCAT Starting Guide_EN_v1.1_20211109.docx
7.2
BECKHOFF'S CONTROLLER
Beckhoff's TwinCAT master station is used as an example to describe the configuration of the SI-ECAT card.
NOTE
: The 100M Ethernet network adapter with Intel chip must be used. Other network adapters may not
support EtherCAT.
1.
Install TwinCAT.
Windows XP system:
tcat_2110_2230
is recommended.
Windows 7 32-bit system:
tcat_2110_2248
is recommended.
2.
Copy the EtherCAT configuration file (MD800_9Axis_V0.18.xml) of MD800 to the
TwinCAT installation directory.
TwinCAT2 directory:
TwinCAT\IO\EtherCAT
TwinCAT3 directory:
TwinCAT\3.1\config\IO\EtherCAT
TwinCAT3 is used as an example in the following section. The operation steps for TwinCAT2 are
similar.
3.
Start TwinCAT.
Click
New Project
to create a project.