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Operating Instructions
Chapter
6
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Fieldbus gateways
In either menu, under
Append Subelement
, choose
FX0-GCAN00000 (EDS)...
to
append the FX0-GCAN to the CanMaster.
Step 3: Select and configure the process data objects (PDOs)
After adding the device to the automation network it is required to configure which of the
process data objects will be used and how they will be transmitted.
Example — How to define the PDO transmission type using CoDeSys 2.3:
In the
PLC Configuration
editor window select the FX0-GCAN. Then click on the
Send
PDO-Mapping
tab on the right side.
Select one of the displayed PDOs (e.g. PDO 1) and click on the
Properties
button. The
PDO properties
dialog opens.
Select the desired
Transmission Type
for the PDO from the selection list, enter the
Event-Time
in ms and click
OK
. For more information please refer to section “TxPDO
transmission types” on page 149 and to the manual for your CANopen system confi-
guration software.
Repeat this for the other Send-PDOs as well as for the Receive-PDOs.
Fig. 71: Appending the FX0-
GCAN using CoDeSys 2.3
Fig. 72: PDO configuration
using CoDeSys 2.3
Fig. 73: PDO properties
dialog in CoDeSys 2.3