Master and Connection Settings in the Fieldbus Configurator

The data to be exchanged in a real master-slave connection are set in the EtherCAT fieldbus configurator.

The fieldbus configurator is called up from the context menu of a EtherCAT connector or an EtherCAT connecting line in the Network view ([Configurator] button).

Settings are made in the “EtherCAT I/O Image”, “Process Data” and “Sync-Unit Mapping” tabs.

The “Process Data Expert Mode” appears if expert settings are enabled in the interface settings of the slave (via “Settings” control panel > [Interface Settings]).

The “Status” tab displays diagnostic messages in online mode.