NC - Configuration

NC - Configuration 1:

Installation of the latest XML device description

Please ensure that you have installed the corresponding latest XML device description in TwinCAT. This can be downloaded from the Beckhoff Website and installed according to the installation instructions.

The configuration of the axes and linking in the TwinCAT System Manager (Config mode) are described below, taking the EL5151 as an example. Proceed as follows:

  1. The terminal must already have been added manually under I/O devices or have been scanned in by the system (see section “Configuration set-up in TwinCAT”).
  2. Click with the right mouse button on NC Configuration -> Append task.
    3. NC - Configuration 2:
    NC - Configuration, Append Task
  3. Select a name for the task and confirm with OK.
    4. NC - Configuration 3:
    Entering a name for the task and confirming
  4. Click with the right mouse button on Axes - >Append axis.
    5. NC - Configuration 4:
    Insert axis
  5. Select a name and type for the axis and confirm with OK.
    6. NC - Configuration 5:
    Entering a name for the axis and selecting a type
  6. After selecting the NC-Encoder tab, select the encoder KL5101/Kl5111/IP5109/EL5101 in the pull-down menu Type.
    7. NC - Configuration 6:
    Selecting the encoder
  7. Click the Linked with... button, select the EL5151 terminal and confirm with OK.
    8. NC - Configuration 7:
    Selecting and confirming an encoder terminal
  8. The respective inputs of the EL5151 are now linked with the NC task.
NC - Configuration 8:
EL5151 inputs linked with the NC task