Commissioning and configuration
EPI4xxx, ERI4xxx
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Version: 1.6
5.2.2.3
3. Automatic scanning of the IO-Link ports
This part of the documentation describes the configuration of the physically available IO-Link devices in
TwinCAT.
During automatic scanning of the IO-Link ports, the steps “WakeUp pulse”, “Baud rate setting”, “Reading of
the communication parameters”, plus “Parameter server” and “Cyclic data exchange”, if applicable, are
performed, see
Establishing the IO-Link communication [
. The corresponding IO-Link device must be
connected to the IO-Link port for this.
The connected devices are automatically detected, configured and a search is performed for the associated
IODD.
Finding connected IO-Link devices
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Requirement: the master and the devices are cabled and supplied with voltage.
1. Click on the “Scan devices” button (see the following figure).
Fig. 20: Scan devices
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The connected IO-Link devices can be found.
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The information window lists the connected device for each of the four ports.
Only port2 of the master is assigned an IO-Link device.
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Confirm with the
OK
button.
Fig. 21: Information “Scan devices”
2. To be able to work with the devices, the button “Reload Devices” must be clicked.