General

General tab

Name

Name of the EtherCAT device.

Id

The "Id" text box contains the identification number of the EtherCAT slave device. Each EtherCAT slave device has its own identification number. It is assigned consecutively for each new EtherCAT slave device. If EtherCAT slave devices are deleted from the configuration and numbers thus become available, the released numbers are reassigned to EtherCAT slave devices inserted into the configuration.

Object Id

The EtherCAT device represents an object in TwinCAT. The "Object Id" text box contains the TwinCAT object identification number.

Type

EtherCAT device type.

Comment

Here you can add a comment. For example on the plant part.

Disabled

Here you can deactivate the EtherCAT device. A disabled device is not included in the configuration calculation. The configuration of the disabled EtherCAT device is retained with its link information and can be re-enabled by unchecking the checkbox.

Create symbols

This checkbox currently has no function. Its function is in preparation.