Operating Instructions
Chapter
5
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Ethernet gateways
Step 2: Insert the gateway into the EtherCAT network
In order to have the Flexi Soft system data available in the PLC process image, the gate-
way must be added to the hardware configuration first. The procedure associated with this
depends on the hardware configuration program of the PLC being used. On this topic,
please also read the documentation for the corresponding program.
Example — How to insert the FX0-GETC using TwinCAT:
In order to integrate the gateway manually into the EtherCAT network, use the
Append
box
command and select the Flexi Soft EtherCAT gateway.
Alternatively you can perform a network scan using the
Scan boxes
command.
Step 3: Select and configure the process data objects (PDOs)
After adding the device to the automation network you must configure which of the pro-
cess data objects (PDOs) you want to use.
The FX0-GETC provides five input PDOs for the transfer of input data to a connected PLC
that can be used alternatively. I.e. only one of these five input PDOs can be active at any
time. There is one input PDO for 10 byte input data (1 data set used in the Flexi Soft
Designer), one for 20 byte data (2 data sets used) etc. up to the maximum of 50 byte.
Similarly you must select one out of five different available output PDOs from 10 to 50
bytes into which the PLC output data can be written.
The structure of the PDOs is predefined and can not be edited.
The input data PDOs contain an additional first byte for the diagnostics flag (
Diag
). This
byte is set to True (“1”) if a new diagnosis message (CoE object 10F3h) is available and
to False (“0”) if all diagnosis messages are acknowledged.
Fig. 49: Example for inserting
the FX0-GETC into an
EtherCAT network
Notes