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7.3.3. Setting Device Variables
Set device variables used for PDO communications with the slave unit.
1
Select
Offline
from the
Controller Menu.
The yellow line under the toolbar
disappears.
2
Select the slave unit with node
address 1 added to the
EtherCAT Tab Page in the
previous procedure
7.3.2
.
Check that the device name is
E001.
*The device name can be
changed as desired.
3
Double-click
I/O Map
under
Configurations and Setup
in
the Multiview Explorer.
4
The I/O Map Tab Page appears
in the Edit Pane.
Check that Node1 is displayed
in the
Position
Column and that
the added slave unit is displayed
in the
Port
Column.
*To manually set a variable
name for the slave unit, click a
cell in the
Variable
Column and
enter a name.
5
Right-click
Node1
and select
Create Device Variable
from
the menu.
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