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viatheSystemManager(fig.3)bytheoperatorclickingonit
Thevaluesarethenchangeddirectlyintheonlineconnectedslave.
Thisisusefulforcommissioningofthesystem/slaves.Clickontherowoftheindextobeparameterizedand
enteravalueinthe"SetValue"dialog.
fromthecontroller/PLCviaADSe.g.bythefunctionblocksfromtheTcEtherCAT.liblibrary
ThisisrecommendedformodificationswhenthesystemisrunningorifnoSystemManageroroperating
staffareavailable.
duringtheEtherCATstartupthroughpredefinedcommands,thesocalledstartuplist.
TheTwinCATconfigurationisusuallycreatedinadvancewithoutEtherCATslavesactuallybeingpresent.
Thenitshouldbepossiblebeforecommissioningtoadjustknownpropertiessuchasfiltersettingsofflinein
ordertoacceleratecommissioning.
CoEdirectory–startuplist
Note
Startuplist
ChangesmadetothelocalCoEdirectoryoftheEtherCATslavesarelostwiththeoldde
viceincaseofexchange.IfadeviceisreplacedwithanewBeckhoffdevice,itwillhavethe
defaultsettings.ItisthereforeadvisabletolinkallchangesintheCoElistofanEtherCAT
slavewiththeStartuplistoftheslave,whichisprocessedwhenevertheEtherCATfieldbus
isstarted.InthiswayareplacementEtherCATslavecanautomaticallybeparameterized
withthespecificationsoftheuser.
IfEtherCATslavesareusedwhichareunabletostorelocalCoEvaluespermanently,the
Startuplistmustbeused.
Thestartuplistisusedforthesecases:thevalueshere,whichareenteredbytheuser,aretransmittedto
therespectiveslaveuponeachEtherCATstatetransition/start.Astartupentryconsistsof
• Time:thestatetransitioninwhichthecommandissent
PS(PREOP>SAFEOP)isusuallythecorrectchoice,sinceanEtherCATslavethenswitchesto
operativeinputmode.
• Index:Subindex
• Data
Theorderoftheentriesisnottakenintoaccount:allentriestowhichastatetransitionappliesarehanded
oversimultaneouslyasasynchronouscommandstotheEtherCATsystemandexecutedthere,assoonas
thebusloadallows.Nocheckismadeofwhetheranidenticalentryisalreadypresentintheslave.The
correspondingvaluesareadopteduponclickingtheentry8000:01;01isenteredinDataasthedesired
value.Theentry‘P>S’marksthetimeoftheexecution.
CoEdirectory–datamanagement
Note
Datamanagement
IfslaveCoEparametersaremodifiedonline,Beckhoffdevicesstoreanychangesinafail
safemannerintheEEPROM,i.e.themodifiedCoEparametersarestillavailableaftera
restart.
Thesituationmaybedifferentwithothermanufacturers.
IfEtherCATslavesareusedwhichareunabletostorelocalCoEvaluespermanently,the
Startuplistmustbeused.
Summaryofthecharacteristics
NoteveryEtherCATdevicemusthaveaCoEdirectory
IfaCoEdirectoryispresent,itisadministrated,preparedforqueryingandwritingandstoredinthedeviceby
thecontroller.
TheEtherCATmastercanbeusedforviewing/querying/changing,oralocaluserinterfaceonthedevice
(keypad,screen)allowsaccess.
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