4. Graphical user interface

4.1. Overview

This section gives an overview about the graphical user interface:

The graphical user interface is divided into five parts:

Address bar

To open the GUI of the Client in a Browser. To connect with you server, just enter the IP address

Menu/Tool/Status bar:

Shows current status or mode of the EC-EngineerWeb and allows the user to change it.

Project Explorer:

Shows different views of the current network configuration

Device Editor:

Show information about the selected device, like process variables.

Messages:

Shows notifications which occur e.g. when the EtherCAT Device has changed its operation state or a SubDevice has been removed from (or added to) the EtherCAT network.

4.2. Menu/Tool/Status bar

4.2.1. File

New / Open / Save / Save As / Print:

Start new configuration or open/save/print existing configuration

ESI-Manager:

Add, delete or export ESI and SCI files (see: ESI-Manager)

4.2.2. View

Message Window:

Shows/Hides the message window

Expert Tabs:

(De-)Activates expert mode

Simulator Tabs:

(De-)Activates simulator mode

Motion Tabs:

(De-)Activates motion mode

4.2.3. Network

Network Mismatch Analyzer (active only in diagnosis mode):

Compares the configured SubDevices with the connected SubDevices. See Network Mismatch Analyzer

Line Crossed Analyzer (active only after scan):

Shows wrong connected SubDevices. See Line Crossed Analyzer

Inspection Report (active only in diagnosis mode):

Opens a statistic about the state of the network. Collects some useful data like error counters and so on. Possibility to print a PDF. See Inspection Report

Hardware Diagnostics:

Enables or disables the additional hardware diagnosistics and warnings in project explorer.

Acknowledge all warnings (active only in diagnosis mode):

Clears the yellow warning icon of all SubDevices

Clear Error Counters (active only in diagnosis mode):

Clears the error counters of all connected SubDevices (for more information about error counters, see Error Counters (Expert))

Take Snapshot:

Takes a snapshot from the current diagnosis state and saves it into a capture file (for more information about the snapshots and capture files, see Capture File)

Automatic Snapshot Mode:

Activates the automatic snapshot mode to take snapshots based on the configured rules

Snapshot:

Changes the active snapshot

EoE Endpoint Configuration (active only for local or remote system):

Activates EoE Endpoint support in diagnosis mode

4.2.4. Settings

Settings:

Shows more settings in the dialog Settings

4.2.5. Help

Show User Manual:

Shows this user manual

Download Log File:

Downloads the log file

About …:

Show the about dialog

4.3. Project Explorer

4.3.1. Configuration Mode

There are three topology visualisation views:

Classic View

This is a tree view with multiple levels.

Flat View

This view shows all SubDevices in a flat list, as they are connected in the EtherCAT network.

Topology View

This view shows a graphical tree of all SubDevices, as they are connected in the EtherCAT network.

4.3.2. Diagnosis Mode

There are three topology visualisation views:

Classic View

This is a tree view with multiple levels.

Possible device states:

Init Bootstrap

Pre-Op

Safe-Op

Op

Flat View

This view shows all SubDevices in a flat list, as they are connected in the EtherCAT network.

Possible device states:

Init Bootstrap

Pre-Op

Safe-Op

Op

Topology View

This view shows a graphical tree of all SubDevices, as they are connected in the EtherCAT network.

Possible device states:

Init Bootstrap

Pre-Op

Safe-Op

Op

Possible port states:

Bad Cable Quality

Constricted Cable Quality

Good Cable Quality

If cable quality is constricted or bad, please check the error counters of the SubDevice (for more information about error counters, see Error Counters (Expert)).

4.4. Device Editor

This Editor gives the user the possibility to read and write information of the selected device or SubDevice:

4.5. Message Window

Shows notifications which occur e.g. when the EtherCAT MainDevice has changed its operation state or a SubDevice has been removed from (or added to) the EtherCAT network: