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Operating Instructions
Chapter
5
Flexi Soft Gateways
8012664/XB29/2013-06-11
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Ethernet gateways
5.5
EtherCAT gateway
“EtherCAT
®
is registered trademark and
patented technology, licensed by Beckhoff
Automation GmbH, Germany.”
The following Flexi Soft gateway can be used for EtherCAT: FX0-GETC.
You will find the ESI file and the device icon for PLC interfacing with EtherCAT support …
in the Internet on the FX0-GETC product page on www.sick.com.
in the Flexi Soft Designer program folder on your hard disk (default installation folder is
“C:\programs\SICK\FlexiSoft\DeviceDescriptions\...”).
The FX0-GETC is an EtherCAT slave device. It supports and requires the following services
for complete function:
Configuration and diagnostics of the
Flexi Soft station via TCP/IP, tunneled in
EtherCAT using the EoE (Ethernet over
EtherCAT) protocol
CoE (CAN application layer over
EtherCAT)
Station diagnostics via CoE object
10F3h
5.5.1
Interfaces and operation
Controls and status indicators
Fig. 47: Controls and status
indicators FX0-GETC
RJ-45 EtherCAT input port
RJ-45 EtherCAT output port
Module Status LED (green)
LED network activity (Link/Act)
for each EtherCAT port (green)
EtherCAT Run LED (green)
EtherCAT Error LED (red)