AKD EtherCAT | 3 Installation and Setup
3.8.1 TwinCAT and WorkBench configuration
The EtherCAT network must be setup and managed using TwinCAT System Manager. To be
able to connect to a drive and enable it, the drive must be loaded under the I/O Devices node
in TwinCAT System Manager and axis must be added to NC - Configuration as shown
21 "Setup via TwinCAT NC/PTP System Manager " in the EtherCAT Manual.
In order to connect to the drives using WorkBench, the drives must be either in Pre-Op, Safe-
Op or Op state. State machine for a drive can be accessed from the Online tab for the cor-
responding drive under the I/O Configuration → I/O Devices → Device [x] → Drive [x] node
(see screenshot below).
Installation process for WorkBench is the same process as normal, except that it must be
installed on the same machine as TwinCAT. Communication to the drive is done thru
TwinCAT master and it's not possible to connect WorkBench to the master remotely.
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