2
019-
02
20
Commissioning
Adding the device to the network
1. Download and install the software "TwinCAT 3.1 - eXtended Automation Engineering"
(XAE). The software is available on the website of the manufacturer Beckhoff at ht-
tp://www.beckhoff.com/english.asp?download/tc3-download-xae.htm.
2. After the installation, copy the ESI file into the following folder:
C:\TwinCAT\3.1\Config\Io\EtherCAT
3. Open TwinCAT V3 and check to see if your Ethernet card works with the software. If your
device is displayed in the sub-folder
“
Installed and ready to use devices
”
, you can proceed.
4. Open a new TwinCAT project.
5. Click through the device tree until you see a symbol with the label Devices. Right-click the
symbol and select
Scan
.