Enable device status

The device status function indicates whether the EtherCAT slave is in operation and exchanges data. The function can be used for diagnostic purposes and provides important information about the EtherCAT slave. The device status is disabled by default and has to be enabled in TwinCAT, before the slave status can be displayed.

Prerequisites for this step:

A device with EtherCAT slave interface (B110) must already have been added as target system in TwinCAT.

Enable the device status as follows:

1. In the tree view click on the EtherCAT slave.
Enable device status 1:

2. Click on the EtherCAT Slave tab.
Enable device status 2:

3. Under Device Status enable the function Map Device Status.
Enable device status 3:

You have successfully enabled the device status function. The Device Status Mapping inputs and the Device Control Mapping output are added to the tree view.
Enable device status 4:

In the next step you can enable the device identification.