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Chapter
5
Operating Instructions
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Ethernet gateways
In the middle of the screen, the station alias (second station address) of the gateway and
the EoE parameters are displayed. This data is only informative; it is set in the EtherCAT
network configuration tool (e.g. TwinCAT).
5.5.3
EtherCAT configuration of the gateway
This document does not cover the creation of the EtherCAT network or the rest of the auto-
mation system project in the network configuration tool. It is assumed the EtherCAT project
has already been set up in the configuration program, e.g. TwinCAT. Examples refer to
configurations performed with TwinCAT V2.11.0.
The following steps need to be taken in order to configure the communication between
PLC and gateway.
Step 1: Install the EtherCAT Slave Information (ESI) file
The ESI file
FX0-GETC.xml
contains the information that is needed for the integration of the
FX0-GETC in the EtherCAT network. Before the FX0-GETC can be used as device in the
EtherCAT network configuration tool (e.g. TwinCAT) for the first time, the ESI file of the
gateway must be installed into the hardware catalogue of the tool.
You will find the ESI file in the Flexi Soft Designer program folder (default folder is
“C:\programs\SICK\FlexiSoft\DeviceDescriptions\FX0-GETC_ESI”).
You can also download the ESI file from www.sick.com, on the FX0-GETC product page.
Follow the instructions in the online help or in the user manual of the EtherCAT network
configuration tool for installing ESI files.
Example — How to install the ESI file using TwinCAT:
Copy the ESI file FX0-GETC.xml in the TwinCAT folder under “TwinCAT\Io\EtherCAT\”.
Restart TwinCAT in order to rebuild its ESI cache.
Fig. 48: Gateway configura-
tion dialog for the FX0-GETC
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