Basic configuration

This chapter describes the basic configuration that is essential for operating the CU2508-0022.

In the Solution Explorer, click on the device “RT-Ethernet Adapter” that was created in the chapter Integrating into a TwinCAT project.

Basic configuration 1:

Configure the device in the following tabs:

“Adapter”

Basic configuration 2:

Make sure that the Gigabit Ethernet port to which the CU2508-0022 is or will be connected is set here.

“Ports”

Basic configuration 3:
1. Set the number of downlink ports of the CU2508-0022 that you require in the “Virtual Port Count” field.
2. If you want to use one of the ports of the CU2508-0022 exclusively for TCP/IP traffic, select the port in the “TCP/IP” field. Real-time traffic (e.g. EtherCAT) is then no longer possible via this port.
Otherwise, select the “via EoE” option. TCP/IP communication is then possible via a virtual switch, see Configuration of TCP/IP communication.
3. Select “EtherCAT Switch Link Protocol (ESL) (CU25xx required)” under “Virtual Port Selection via”.

Completion of the basic configuration

1. Click on the “Reload Devices” button in the TwinCAT toolbar.
Basic configuration 4:
If the CU2508-0022 is connected and supplied with power, the “Run” LED lights up and the “Int Act/Error” and “L/A” LEDs on X09 flash green.
2. Configure the downlink ports of the CU2508-0022, see chapter Configuration of the downlink ports.