Add & Configure Third Party Devices

EtherCATEtherCAT is an open, high-performance Ethernet-based fieldbus system. The development goal of EtherCAT was to apply Ethernet to automation applications which require short data update times (also called cycle times) with low communication jitter (for synchronization purposes) and low hardware costs devices may be added to the EtherCAT node in the Project view. This helps to preconfigure the EtherCAT network in the project before connecting to the controller.

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• KAS IDE"Integrated development environment" An integrated development environment is a type of computer software that assists computer programmers in developing software. IDEs normally consist of a source code editor, a compiler and/or interpreter, build-automation tools, and a debugger does not support third party drives. The system scans discovered devices and ESI files to check for compatibility. You will be alerted if a device is found to be a third party drive and that it is not supported.

1. Right-click on the EtherCAT node and select Add Device... from the menu.
   
2. Select a device from the EtherCAT Device Selector dialog box. If a specific revision number is required, it may be selected from the drop-down list in the revision column. The default selection is the highest revision number.
   
3. Click Ok.

The device is added to the project tree in the EtherCAT node.