
 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL INFORMATION......................................................................... 1 
1.1
 Introduction................................................................................................................. 1 
1.2
 Feature Summary....................................................................................................... 1 
CHAPTER 2: SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................................... 2 
2.1
 Power Supply Specifications ...................................................................................... 2 
2.2
 EtherCAT Specifications ............................................................................................ 2 
2.3
 EtherCAT (CoE) Command Speed ............................................................................ 3 
CHAPTER 3: SELECT CONTROL METHOD ................................................................... 5 
3.1
 A Variety of Control Methods ..................................................................................... 5 
3.2
 EtherCAT, LAN, LOCAL, Serial or Analog Control .................................................... 5 
3.2.1 Select Local (Front Panel) Mode .................................................................. 5 
3.2.2 Select RS232/485, USB (Serial) or LAN Remote Mode............................... 6 
3.2.3 Select EtherCAT Remote Mode ................................................................... 6 
3.3
 EtherCAT Interface Option Rear Panel View ............................................................. 7 
3.4
 EtherCAT Cable ......................................................................................................... 8 
3.5
 Power-up the EtherCAT Power Supply...................................................................... 8 
3.6
 View the MAC Addresses........................................................................................... 8 
3.7
 EtherCAT Reset ......................................................................................................... 8 
CHAPTER 4: PROGRAMMING USING TWINCAT 3........................................................ 9 
4.1
 Establish TwinCAT Communication ........................................................................... 9 
CHAPTER 5: ETHERCAT DATA STRUCTURE ..............................................................12 
5.1
 Programming / Monitoring Values Translation ......................................................... 12 
5.2
 Data Type ................................................................................................................. 13 
5.3
 Data Access ............................................................................................................. 15 
5.4
 Data Length (Number of SDOs/PDOs) .................................................................... 15 
5.5
 Parameters Range ................................................................................................... 15 
5.6
 Read / Write SDOs / PDOs ...................................................................................... 15 
5.7
 PDOs Mapping ......................................................................................................... 16 
5.8
 SDOs Mapping ......................................................................................................... 17 
5.9
 EtherCAT Unique Commands Structure .................................................................. 20 
5.10
 Sequencer Activation ............................................................................................... 25