Step By Step Instructions for Typical Use Cases
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NXHX 52-JTAG | Getting Started
DOC131004GS02EN | Revision 2 | English | 2013-11 | Released | Public
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5.10 Testing I/O Communication
5.10.1
Overview
This section describes how to test the I/O data exchange between the
NXHX board EtherCAT slave) and the PC card cifX (EtherCAT master). In
this test setup, the NXHX board is connected to the configuration PC via
Host Interface
and
NXPCA-PCI Adapter Board
. The configuration PC
serves as host system for the NXHX board, the Hilscher
cifX Test
Application
running on the PC simulates a host application for the NXHX
board (i. e. the EtherCAT slave) enabling you to exchange I/O data with the
EtherCAT master. The configuration PC is also the host system for the PC
Card cifX, which is connected to the PCI interface of the PC. The
IO
Monitor
feature of
SYCON.net
running on the configuration PC simulates a
host application for the PC Card cifX (i. e. the EtherCAT master) enabling
you to exchange I/O data with the EtherCAT slave.
5.10.2
Prerequisites
You have configured the NXHX board and the PC Card cifX (see
section on page 62).
The NXHX board is connected to the configuration PC via
NXPCA-PCI
Adapter Board
and
CAB-NXPCA-PCI
cable. Instructions for this can be
Downloading NXF Firmware via PCI and Host Interface
section on page 51.
You have installed the
SYCON.net
configuration software version 1.360
or higher on your PC. (On the NXHX 52-JTAG product DVD, open the
Software\SYCON.net
directory, then double-click
SYCONnet netX
setup.exe
file. Follow the instructions of the installation wizard.)
You have installed the
cifX Device Driver
on your PC.
(On the NXHX 52-JTAG product DVD, open the
Driver and
Toolkit\Device Driver (NXDRV-WIN)\Installation
directory,
then double-click
cifX Device Driver Setup.exe
file.
Follow the instructions of the installation wizard.)
The cifX Device Driver installation contains the
cifX Test Application
,
which can be used for testing I/O data exchange of the NXHX board.
You have installed a PC Card
CIFX 50-RE
in your configuration PC. For
details, please refer to the User Manual
PC Cards CIFX 50 50E 70E
100EH
, DOC120204UMxxEN.
The NXHX board is connected to a voltage supply.
Channel 0
of the RJ45 Ethernet Connector of the NXHX board (see
position
Device Drawing and Positions of the NXHX 52-JTAG
chapter on page 12) is connected via Ethernet cable to
Channel 0
of the
RJ45 Ethernet Connector of the PC Card CIFX 50-RE.