PDO Content

This are lists the objects in the currently selected PDO.

• Objects can be created (Add Object), modified (Edit Object), or removed from the project (Delete Object).
• Select a PDO in the Editable PDOs section (left side of dialog box) to view the objects in a PDO.
• The list of objects appear in the PDO Content section (right side of dialog box). (Figure 1)

Figure 1: Example: PDO Content area

Name	Description
Index	Identification value for the PDO. The range is defined by the EtherCAT specification. Rx PDOs: 0x1600 to 0x17FF Tx PDOs: 0x1A00 to 0x1BFF
Name	Text label to identify the PDO. The name is provided either by the device vendor or user. It can be changed by the user.
Size [bytes]	Total length for the PDO object(s) data.
User Modified	Yes: Indicates the user has changed the PDO or its content. No: Indicates the PDO is the default provided by the device vendor.

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• Constraints for the Kollmorgen AKD device family:

  The PDO content Size field is highlighted in red if the Editable PDO content size is greater than 8 bytes.