3. Manual Insertion via catalog ("Catalog" button)

The manual insertion of the IO-Link device should only be carried out if the IODD from the vendor and the IO-Link device are not available.
The configuration can then be carried out manually. By saving the project, the settings for the individual ports are saved. The devices created are not saved in the IO-Link device catalog.

The procedure to manual insert the IO-Link devices via the catalog is as follows:

Press the "Catalog" button on the "IO-Link" tab, Fig. "IO-Link", integration of the devices (1); IO-Link Device Catalog is displayed.
If the corresponding IODD of the IO-Link device is already available, the corresponding device can be selected here, sorted by vendor.
If no IODD is available, the device can be manually added. These data are not saved in the catalog and must be manually entered for each port.
The basic communication parameters can be created in the catalog dialogue via the "Create Device" menu. The mandatory fields here are: Vendor ID, Device ID and process data length, see Fig. Creating IO-Link devices. The values VendorID and DeviceID can be entered both in hexadecimal notation (input format: 0xnnnn) and as decimal numbers (nnnn).
If the IO-Link device version is 1.1, then the parameter server is activated by the selection of the field.
Restart the EtherCAT system or reload the configuration in Config mode (F4)

3. Manual Insertion via catalog ("Catalog" button) 1: — Creating IO link devices

	Reading the IODD Even when manually creating and scanning, the IODD should always be read in as well in order to display further sensor-specific information.