EP9224 commissioning
This chapter describes the commissioning or the implementation of the EP9224-0037 into TwinCAT and TIA. Because the EP9224-0037 contains two EtherCAT slave controllers (ESC), two EP9224 must also be implemented during configuration. In the automation software these are represented once with the ending -0037 and once with -1037. For more information on the process image, refer to the documentation of EP9224-0037.
Each IO module has four ports. Some of these ports are used internally as interfaces to each other, which are not accessible to the user. The others are available as interfaces to the connectors on the EP box. The following illustration shows the assignment of the connectors to the ports of the I/O modules.
Type | EP9224-0037 | Automation software | |
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Connector | IO module | Port | |
EtherCAT P output | X52 | EP9224-1037 | D |
EtherCAT P output | X53 | B | |
EtherCAT P output | X54 | C | |
EtherCAT P output | X55 | EP9224-0037 | B |
EtherCAT input | X70 | A | |
EtherCAT output | X71 | C | |
If the configuration is created offline, the user must know at which port or at which connector the EtherCAT devices are present at the EP9224 in which number and in which order.
The sequence of the EtherCAT devices to be configured on the EP9224 in the automation software starts with all EtherCAT devices on connector 52, then with all on connector 53, then with all on connector 54 and ends with the last EtherCAT device on connector 55. If there are no EtherCAT device(s) at a port, this port is omitted or skipped.
Sample configuration 1
Type | EP9224-0037 | Automation software | EtherCAT devices | |||
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Connector | IO module | Port | 1. | 2. | n. | |
EtherCAT P output | X52 | EP9224-1037 | D | EPP3204 | - | - |
EtherCAT P output | X53 | B | EPP3314 | EPP2308 | - | |
EtherCAT P output | X54 | C | EPP1018 | - | - | |
EtherCAT P output | X55 | EP9224-0037 | B | EPP3184 | EPP1008 | - |
EtherCAT input | X70 | A |
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EtherCAT output | X71 | C |
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Sample configuration 2
Type | EP9224-0037 | Automation software | EtherCAT devices | |||||
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Connector | IO module | Port | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | n. | |
EtherCAT P output | X52 | EP9224-1037 | D | EPP3204 | EPP3314 | EPP2308 | EPP1018 | - |
EtherCAT P output | X53 | B | - | - | - | - | - | |
EtherCAT P output | X54 | C | - | - | - | - | - | |
EtherCAT P output | X55 | EP9224-0037 | B | EPP3184 | EPP1008 |
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EtherCAT input | X70 | A |
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EtherCAT output | X71 | C |
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