CoE – Online

If the EtherCAT slave supports the "CAN application protocol over EtherCAT“ (CoE), the additional "CoE-Online" tab is displayed. The tab lists the contents of the object dictionary of the slave device and allows the user to change the contents of an object of this dictionary. Details for the objects of the individual EtherCAT devices can be found in the device-specific object descriptions.

CoE – Online 1:

Object list display

Column

Description

Index

Index and subindex of the object.

Name

Name of the object.

Flags

RW

The object can be read, and data can be written to the object (read/write).

RO

The object can be read, but no data can be written to the object (read only).

P

An additional P identifies the object as a process data object.

Value

Value of the object.

Unit

Unit of the object.

Update List

Clicking the "Update List" button updates all objects in the list display.

Advanced…

The "Advanced…" button opens the "Advanced Settings" dialog. In it, you can define which objects are to be displayed in the list.

Add to Startup…

 

Auto Update

If this checkbox is checked, the value of the objects is automatically updated.

Single Update

If this checkbox is checked, the value of the objects is only updated when the object list is uploaded again or the "Update List" button is clicked.

Show Offline Data

If this checkbox is checked, the offline data is displayed as values of the objects. The "Auto Update" checkbox is grayed out.

Module OD (AoE Port)

Module Object Dictionary. The value zero indicates that the basic dictionary has been set as Module Object Dictionary.

CoE – Online 2:

Online - via SDO Information

If this radio button is selected, the list of the objects included in the object directory of the slave is uploaded from the slave via SDO information. The list below can be used to specify which object types are to be uploaded.

Offline – from Device Description

The description of the slave device from the XML file is displayed. The list below can be used to specify which object types are to be uploaded.

Offline – via EDS File

If this radio button is selected, the list of objects contained in the object dictionary of the slave is read from an EDS file provided by the user.

Device OD

If this option is selected, the basic dictionary is used as Module Object Dictionary.

Module OD (via AoE port)

This option can be used to set a special dictionary as Module Object Dictionary, if such a dictionary is available.

Hide Standard Objects

If this checkbox is checked, standard objects are not displayed.

Hide PDO Objects

If this checkbox is checked, the PDOs are not displayed.