Determining the installation version in the application

If an overview of the real EtherCAT IO components installed in the application is desired

• the imprinted designations and serial numbers of the terminals/boxes can be read.
• the HW/FW versions and production date can be read online from the ESI-EEPROM by the System Manager from TwinCAT 2.11R3 b2235

Blocks for reading this information from the PLC are being prepared.
It is possible to export this information to Excel:

See also the chapter "Online version identification of EtherCAT devices"

• the information of the identity object can be read into the PLC from devices with a CoE directory by online ADS access

See also the sample program in the chapter "Online version identification of EtherCAT devices".