Starting the Beckhoff Device Manager

The Beckhoff Device Manager can be used to configure EtherCAT Terminals that are connected to the Bus Coupler. In addition, the Beckhoff Device Manager can be used for diagnostic purposes relating to the Bus Coupler and the EtherCAT Terminals.

The Beckhoff Device Manager is started via a web browser on a host PC. Access to the Beckhoff Device Manager of the EK3100 Bus Coupler is protected.

Access data for the Beckhoff Device Manager.
URL	Access data
172.21.42.1/config	User name: guest Password: 1

Requirements:

The host PC and the EK3100 Bus Coupler are connected via a USB cable.
USB driver installed on the host PC (see: Installing the USB driver).

Start the Beckhoff Device Manager as follows:

1. On the host PC enter the IP address of the Bus Coupler in the web browser, in order to start the Beckhoff Device Manager.
Example with IP address: http://172.21.42.1/config

2. In the authentication window enter the user name and the password.
The start page appears.
Starting the Beckhoff Device Manager 1:

Navigate further in the menu and configure your hardware. Please note that modifications only take effect once they have been confirmed or the EK3100 Bus Coupler has been restarted.

Notice

Restarting the coupler after changing the configuration

If the configuration or mapping is changed, the coupler must be restarted in order to recalculate the mapping of the EtherCAT Terminals.

The configuration is based on standard web technology and the browsers therefore work with a cache memory. This can lead to content from the cache memory being displayed and not from the device itself, so it is recommended to delete the cache memory of the browser after restarting the coupler and then call it up again so that old data is not displayed.