Commissioning
EL5101, EL5101-0010, EL5101-0011
54
Version: 4.2
After confirmation with "OK" the target system can be accessed via the System Manager.
Adding devices
In the configuration tree of the TwinCAT 2 System Manager user interface on the left, select "I/O Devices”
and then right-click to open a context menu and select "Scan Devices…", or start the action in the menu bar
via
. The TwinCAT System Manager may first have to be set to "Config mode" via
or via menu
“Actions" → "Set/Reset TwinCAT to Config Mode…" (Shift + F4).
Fig. 42: Select "Scan Devices..."
Confirm the warning message, which follows, and select "EtherCAT" in the dialog:
Fig. 43: Automatic detection of I/O devices: selection the devices to be integrated
Confirm the message "Find new boxes", in order to determine the terminals connected to the devices. "Free
Run" enables manipulation of input and output values in "Config mode" and should also be acknowledged.
Based on the
sample configuration [
}
51]
described at the beginning of this section, the result is as follows:
