
11
Commissioning with TwinCAT®
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11
Commissioning with TwinCAT®
11.1
Components
The following components are required for operation of devices of the 5
th
generation of STÖBER inverters with EtherCAT:
1. MDS 5000 or FDS 5000 starting with firmware V 5.2 or SDS 5000 with
firmware V 5.4
2. ECS 5000 (EtherCAT board)
3. PC software POSITool starting with version V5.2
4. A device description file (e.g.,
STÖBER POSIDRIVE xDS5000 FastRef
V52.xml
5. EtherCAT master software TwinCAT
®
starting with version V 2.10 Build 1248
6. Network cable starting with category CAT5e
11.2
Device description file
TwinCAT
®
must be informed of the characteristics and capabilities which the
inverter offers via EtherCAT. This is done with a suitable device description file
"STÖBER POSIDRIVE xDS5000.xml." You can prepare device description files
to fit your configuration with the EtherCAT assistant in POSITool. Proceed as
shown below:
Information
The functions presented below are exclusively available for use with
TwinCAT
®a)
starting with the versions specified in 11.1. Many of the
parameters for the EtherCAT functions must be set with the software of
TwinCAT
®
. The explanations here refer to this software
a) TwinCAT
®
is registered trademark, licensed by Beckhoff Automation GmbH,
Germany.
How to create a device description file
1. Create a project with an EtherCAT device controller and the additional PCB
ECS 5000
2. Start the EtherCAT wizard.
3. Select the page
4. Device description
.
4. Press the button
Create new device description file (XML file)
.
The device description file is created. You can select where the file is to be
saved with the Save as dialog screen.