Functional description

	Data backup! Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG recommends that you make a backup of your TwinCAT project and the data of your configuration before executing the function.

Step 1

Step 2

Right-click on a created servo drive (in our example Drive_X1) in the I/O configuration.
Select the Change to Compatible Type function in the context menu.

A list appears showing the compatible servo drives that are suitable for the execution of the Change to Compatible Type function.

Select a suitable servo drive from the list (Step 2).
Confirm with "OK"

Functional description 2:

Functional description 3:

In the next step, start the function by left-clicking on "OK".

Functional description 4:

	Use of the Change to Compatible Type function. Only servo drives with identical hardware conditions (HW1 or HW2) and the same number of channels (1- or 2-channel devices) can be updated or changed. A downgrade of the servo drive to older EtherCAT revisions (e.g. AX5206-0000-0210 to AX5206-0000-0203) is not possible!

Step 3

Step 4

The following settings are now changed for the selected servo drive in the TC Drive Manager:

EtherCAT \ Slave \ Info:
Physical devices, product code, revision number, serial number, type.
Settings / StateMachine:
CheckRevisionNo (if changed)
ProcessData:
The missing Sync Manager is added (if available).

Once steps 1 – 4 have been completed, the changes are adopted into the startup list in parameter P-0-0010. These are then compared with the Beckhoff-AX5xxx.xml defined standard configurations.

	Aborting and restarting the function! It is possible at all times to stop and restart the function. To stop the function: Click Cancel in step 3. The procedure is now aborted. To restart the function: First make a backup of your data. Then begin with step 1 of this functional description.