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Some EtherCAT specific Features can´t be configured using SyCon.net. Even tho they are supported by our firmware. Those features are, for example: Oversampling, Hot-Connect, EoE (Ethernet over EtherCAT) or FoE (Fileaccess over EtherCAT). Our cifx cards can, in case of EtherCAT, not only be configured using a configuration database (config.nxd) from SyCon.net or an applicative configuration. Instead it can also work with an ENI (EtherCAT Network Information) file, that is conform to the  EtherCAT specification. One of the most important tools in this regards is TwinCAT from Beckhoff GmbH. The following screenshots are taken from TwinCAT 2. Below it´s shown, how to export the ENI and how to download it to the cifx card. Using TwinCAT 3 is the same, just some names and colors are changed.

Vorgehen

• Öffnen sie den Open the TwinCAT System Manager und starten ein neues Projekt.Fügen sie nun zuerst einen generischen EtherCAT Master hinzuand start a new Project

• First add a generic EtherCAT Master:

• Konfigurieren sie das gesamten EtherCAT Netzwerk mit allen Slaves und den entsprechenden Einstellung, welche Configure the entire EtherCAT network with all slaves and there needed settings, which might be missing in SyCon.net fehlten.Ein Rechtsklick auf den Slave, lässt sie diesen z.B. zu einer Hot-Connect Gruppe hinzufügen.
  • With a right click on the slave you can f.e. add him to a hot-connect group. In den "Erweiterten Einstellungen" vom Master und den Slaves finden sich z.B. Möglichkeiten EoE zu konfigurieren.

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