Omron NJ101-10 Series, User Manual

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Creating the EtherCAT Network Configuration
Use the EtherCAT Configuration Editor to create the slave configuration.
In this example, digital I/O slaves are set to node addresses 1 and 2 and Servo Drives are set to
node addresses 3 and 4.
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Assigning Device Variables to Digital I/O Slaves (Node Addresses 1 and 2)
Use the I/O Map to assign device variables to the I/O ports of the slaves.
In this example, Pwr_On is assigned to bit 0 of slave 1 and Hm1_On is assigned to bit 1 of slave 1.
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Axis Settings for the Servo Drives (Node Addresses 3 and 4)
Add an axis to the Motion Control Setup and then assign the Servo Drive with node address 3 to
the axis to set the axis.
8 Example of Operations for EtherCAT Communications
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NJ/NX-series CPU Unit Built-in EtherCAT Port User's Manual (W505)
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Example of Operations for EtherCA
T Communications
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8-1-3
Setting the EtherCA
T Network Configuration