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EtherCAT Slave Information File
(ESI File)
An EtherCAT Slave Information (ESI) file contains the setting information of an EtherCAT Slave Unit.
Various EtherCAT communications setting can be defined from the ESI files of connected Slave Units
and the network connection information.
ESI files are installed in the configuration tool to create network configuration information.
You can download the network configuration information to the EtherCAT Master Unit to configure the
EtherCAT network.
ESI
files
Network
configuration
information
EtherCAT Master Unit
EtherCAT Slave Units
Configuration tool
Communications are started according to the
communications settings and the network
configuration in the ESI files that are installed.
Summary of Contents for GX-AD0471
Page 3: ...GX series EtherCAT Slave Units User s Manual Revised October 2018...
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Page 42: ...2 EtherCAT Slave Unit 2 8 GX series EtherCAT Slave Unit User s Manual...
Page 66: ...4 Installation and Wiring 4 18 GX series EtherCAT Slave Unit User s Manual...
Page 84: ...5 EtherCAT Communications 5 18 GX series EtherCAT Slave Unit User s Manual...
Page 98: ...6 Basic Specifications of Slave Units 6 14 GX series EtherCAT Slave Unit User s Manual...
Page 178: ...7 Digital I O Slave Unit 7 80 GX series EtherCAT Slave Unit User s Manual...
Page 206: ...8 Analog I O Slave Unit 8 28 GX series EtherCAT Slave Unit User s Manual...
Page 280: ...11 Expansion Unit 11 20 GX series EtherCAT Slave Unit User s Manual...
Page 388: ...A Appendix A 84 GX series EtherCAT Slave Unit User s Manual...
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