ETHERCAT Library

Library file name: EtherCAT_AC500_V13.lib

The library EtherCAT_AC500_V13.lib is intended to be used with the ETHERCAT Master Communication Module. Beside the cyclic IO communication, which is configured in the ETHERCAT Master configuration and controlled by the PLC runtime system, additional features are implemented in the ETHERCAT Master. This library provides the possibility to use these features within a PLC application. With the contained Function Blocks the following functionality can be realized:

• reading of diagnosis information
• reading and writing of service data objects (SDOs)
• reading of handshake error counters of synchronous IO update

Additional system libraries are required by this library:

• SysExt_AC500_V10.lib
• SysLibTime.lib

The ETHERCAT library and the required system libraries will be automatically added to the PLC application when an ETHERCAT Master Communication Module is configured in the PLC configuration.

Note

All function blocks of this library can only be executed in RUN mode of the Processor Module, not in simulation mode.

• Function Blocks
  • ECAT_BUS_DIAG
  • ECAT_COE_READ
  • ECAT_COE_WRITE
  • ECAT_GET_DCLK_DEVI
  • ECAT_SLV_DIAG
  • ECAT_STATE
  • ECAT_SYNC