Commissioning and configuration
EP9224-0037
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Version: 1.0
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Commissioning and configuration
4.1
Configuration in TwinCAT
An EtherCAT Box must be configured in TwinCAT so that its functions can be used in a PLC program.
The following link will take you to a quick start guide describing the configuration of an EtherCAT Box in
TwinCAT:
https://infosys.beckhoff.com/content/1033/epioconfiguration/index.html?id=6991403443235907429
4.1.1
Assignment of the connectors
This chapter describes the assignment of the EP9224-0037 connectors to their representation in TwinCAT.
You require this assignment in order to correctly map an EtherCAT network in the "offline" configuration in
TwinCAT.
An EP9224-0037 is represented by two IO modules in the TwinCAT IO tree:
Fig. 14: EP9224-0037 in the TwinCAT IO tree
Each IO module has four ports. Some ports represent connectors, while others represent internal interfaces.
The following illustration shows the assignment of the ports to the IO modules in TwinCAT: