
13
Operation with the MOVITOOLS
®
MotionStudio engineering software
Communication via EtherCAT
Manual – EtherCAT
®
Interfaces, Field Distributors
109
Installation on different devices
The EtherCAT
®
master and engineering PC with
MOVITOOLS
®
MotionStudio are in-
stalled on different devices.
EtherCAT
EURODRIVE
EURODRIVE
EURODRIVE
EtherCAT
MBX
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
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[1]
Engineering PC with Ethernet interface and MOVITOOLS
®
MotionStudio
[2]
Ethernet network
[3]
Engineering interface of the EtherCAT
®
master
[4]
Internal IP routing
[5]
EtherCAT
®
master (e.g. TwinCAT system) with integrated mailbox gateway
(MBX)
[6]
EtherCAT
®
interface
[7]
Devices with EtherCAT
®
interfaces
13.5.2
Configuration of the mailbox gateway in the EtherCAT
®
master
•
Activate VoE/EoE support on the EtherCAT
®
controller.
•
Activate the connection to the TCP/IP stack and IP routing.
•
Specify the IP address of the EtherCAT
®
mailbox gateway. The IP address is usu-
ally assigned by the engineering tool (e.g. TwinCAT) and should not be changed.
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