Tab ‘EtherCAT Slave - EoE Settings’

Object: EtherCAT slave

This Tab is for the configuration of the communication settings of the slaves, which support the Ethernet over EtherCAT (EoE).

Requirement:

  • When using the CODESYS Control Win V3 the installation of the Microsoft Loopback-Adapter as virtual Ethernet adapter is required. A description which explains the installation of this adapter is a available in the internet.
Settings
Virtual Ethernet Port dcb72249ba9b6bb5c0a8640e01782c64_9a3f06830c0506c5c0a8640e012f0ace : Activates the EOE functionality of the salve. AVirtual MAC Id must be defined.
Virtual MAC Id: Input field for the Virtual MAC Id
Switch Port dcb72249ba9b6bb5c0a8640e01782c64_1c4140bc6335e686c0a8640e00b47802 : Device serves a switch; no further network settings are required.
IP Port dcb72249ba9b6bb5c0a8640e01782c64_1c4140bc6335e686c0a8640e00b47802 : The device serves as a IP port - the IP Settings have to be defined.
IP Settings
The Ethernet communication parameters must be set according to the parameters of the virtual Ethernet adapter
IP Address

IP Address of the slave in the network, length: 4 Byte

The IP Port must be in the same range as the virtual Ethernet adapter. For example if address of network adapter is 192.168.1.1 and subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 then the IP port must be in the range of 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254

Subnet mask Subnet mask, length: 4 Byte
Default Gateway Default Gateway, length: 4 Byte
DNS Server IP Address of the DNS server
DNS Name Name of the DNS Server

See also