
Commissioning with TwinCAT®
Operation manual
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Before starting TwinCAT
®
copy the files to the directory
\\TwinCAT\Io\EtherCAT
so that TwinCAT
®
can link in the device description files. Then start the TwinCAT
®
system manager againd.
11.3
Installing the driver for EtherCAT
The PC on which TwinCAT
®
is running must be set up for EtherCAT with a
suitable driver and protocol. You can either use the products of the company
Beckhoff Automation GmbH which already have the appropriate drivers installed
or you can install these drivers yourself (part of the TwinCAT
®
software package).
You can do this after installation of TwinCAT
®
. Open TwinCAT
®
system manager
and select the menu item
List Real Time Ethernet Compatible Devices
in the
Options menu
. In the dialog screen which appears select the Ethernet devices
which you want to install and confirm with the
Install
button.
11.4
Startup of the device on EtherCAT®
We recommend using the following sequence when you commission the devices
of the 5
th
generation of STÖBER inverters on TwinCAT
®
:
Information
Please note that the TwinCAT
®
displays shown here may be indicated
differently depending on which Build Version is used.
Commissioning the Inverter on EtherCAT
1. Install TwinCAT
®
V 2.10 Build 1248 or higher.
2. Check to see that the EtherCAT drivers for the network card are installed.
3. Copy the device description file (e.g.,
STÖBER POSIDRIVE xDS5000.xml
to
\\TwinCAT\Io\EtherCAT