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ChangedsettingsarestoredfailsafeinBeckhoffdevices.
Ifthedeviceislaterexchanged,however,thesettingsthathavebeenchangedfromtheseriesstandardare
lost.TheEtherCATmastercanthenloadthechangedCoEparametersintothenewdeviceatstartup,ifitis
setupappropriately.
SothataCoEdirectoryisavailableofflineduringthepreparationforconfiguration,itcanbecontainedinthe
devicedescriptionasacopy.
TheextenttowhichtheCoEdirectoryissupporteddependsonthecapabilitiesoftheEtherCATmaster.
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thestatemachineoftheEtherCATcommunicationisdisplayedhere.Itcanalsobeswitchedtoadifferent
statehere.Thisisdonebyselectingthedesiredstatebyamouseclickontheappropriatebutton.The
individualstatesarebrieflydescribedbelow.Forfurtherinformation,pleaserefertotheEtherCATsystem
descriptiononourwebpage.
EtherCATStateMachine
ThestateoftheEtherCATslaveiscontrolledviatheEtherCATStateMachine(ESM).Dependinguponthe
state,differentfunctionsareaccessibleorexecutableintheEtherCATslave.Specificcommandsmustbe
sentbytheEtherCATmastertothedeviceineachstate,particularlyduringthebootupoftheslave.
Adistinctionismadebetweenthefollowingstates:
• Init
• PreOperational
• SafeOperationaland
• Operational
• Boot
TheregularstateofeachEtherCATslaveafterbootupistheOPstate.
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