Thyracont VCP63E, Operating Instructions Manual

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5.2 The EtherCAT Interface Of The Transducer
EtherCAT® is a registered trademark and patented technology, licensed by
Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Germany.
A separate manual is delivered with the gauge describing the use of the Ether-
CAT interface.
Hence, the description on the following pages refers to parame-
ters accessible via RS485.
Further information with regard to EtherCAT specifications can
be found under www.ethercat.org .
Meaning of the status LEDs:
LED Display State Explanation
L/A IN green
off -
No connection on the incoming
EtherCAT line
on linked
Physical connection to the pre-vi-
ous EtherCAT slave available
flashing aktiv
Communication with the previous
EtherCAT partner
L/A
OUT
green
off -
No connection on the outgoing
EtherCAT line
on linked
Physical connection to the next
EtherCAT slave available
flashing aktiv
Communication with the next
EtherCAT partner
RUN green
off init Transmitter is in initializing state
flashing
pre-
operational Transmitter is in Pre-Operational
state
singleflash
safe-
operational Transmitter is in Safe-Operational
state
on operational Transmitter is in Operational state
flickering bootstrap Firmware is uploaded
ERROR red
off - No error
flashing
Err-ope-ra-
tional
no com-mu-
nication
Configuration error / data error