State

In the tree view, input variables are consolidated under the Info Data menu item, which provide information about an EtherCAT slave.

State 1:


The State variable indicates the EtherCAT status of the EtherCAT slave. In addition, the variable provides general information about the slave. For sample, it shows whether the slave has an invalid product code has or is disabled.

The following table shows which values the State variable can assume:

Value

Description

0x___1

Slave in ‘INIT’ state

0x___2

Slave in ‘PREOP’ state

0x___3

Slave in ‘BOOT’ state

0x___4

Slave in ‘SAFEOP’ state

0x___8

Slave in ‘OP’ state

0x001_

Slave signals error

0x002_

Invalid vendorId, productCode...read

0x004_

Initialization error occurred

0x008_

Slave disabled

0x010_

Slave not present

0x020_

Slave signals link error

0x040_

Slave signals missing link

0x080_

Slave signals unexpected link

0x100_

Communication port A

0x200_

Communication port B

0x400_

Communication port C

0x800_

Communication port D