
SFA-5000 • SFA-10000 EtherCAT
5 - Quick reference (TwinCAT)
Lika draw-wire encoders are Slave devices and support “CANopen over
EtherCAT” (CoE) mode for data transfer. In particular, they support the
“CANopen DS301 Communication profile”.
For any omitted specification on CANopen® protocol, please refer to “CiA Draft
Standard Proposal 301. Application Layer and Communication Profile” and “CiA
Draft Standard 406. Device profile for encoders” documents available at the
address
For any omitted specification on EtherCAT® protocol, please refer to “ETG.1000
EtherCAT Specification” documents available at the address
5.1 System configuration using TwinCAT software system from Beckhoff
5.1.1 Setting the Network Card
Launch
TwinCAT System Manager
.
In the left pane of the main window extend the devices tree and select the
I/O
Devices
item; right-click the
I/O Devices
item and then press the
Append
Device...
command.
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