3. Getting Started

For a better usability, the product comes up with a start page, where the user can adjust the cycle time and decide if he wants to connect to the local or remote control system or to load data from a capture file.

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General:
Cycle Time:

Interval in microseconds in which all EtherCAT commands will be sent from the MainDevice. The user can choose between the following values: 125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000.

SubDevices connected to local system:
Network Adapter:

Network adapter which is connected to the control system

ENI File:

Path to the EtherCAT Network Information (ENI) file (for more information about the ENI file, please refer the manual of EC-Engineer)

SubDevices connected to remote system:
Protocol: Protocol of the remote system

  • RAS (Default port is 6000)

  • Mailbox Gateway (Default port is 34980)

    • EC-Master V3.0.1.22 and above

    • TwinCAT 3.1.4024 or TwinCAT 3.1.4022.30 and above

IP Address: IP address of the remote system, which is connected to the control system Port: Port of the remote system, which is connected to the control system MainDevice-Instance: Used to determine which MainDevice instance should be used in the remote system (MainDevice supports up to 10 instances).

Data to load from capture file:

Capture File: Path to the capture file, which contains one or more snapshots