andyf Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 What is the Setup tab used for? During what state are these parameters sent to the slave device? Many of them look like those I would send during PREOP, but it is not clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 OK, after some research on Beckoff's info sys website, I have found the answer to my question here: http://infosys.beckhoff.com/content/1033/ethercatsystem/html/bt_ecbasics_coeinterface_basics.htm?id=5512 The Setup tab is used to pass CoE startup parameters to the slave devices when first powered up. This is useful when a (bad) slave device is replaced, and ensures the new device is setup correctly when plugged into the EhterCAT network for the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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