Commissioning/Configuration
4 Commissioning/Configuration
4.1 EtherCATcableredundancy
EtherCATcableredundancycanberealisedintheCX20x0systemsthroughthetwoindependentEthernet
ports.Minimumrequirements:
1. EtherCATredundancysupplement
2. EK1110(Busextension)
3. EK1100(BusCoupler)
ThesupplementproductontheBeckhoffwebsiteat
http://download.beckhoff.com/download/Software/TwinCAT/TwinCAT2/Supplement/
TwinCAT_EtherCAT_Redundancy/Install/TcEcRedundancy.exe
canbedownloaded.Therequiredlicencekeycanbeorderedfromoursalesdivision.Therequiredcouplers
areorderedtogetherwiththeotherhardware.Thesecomponentscanthenbeusedtoconfigurethe
controller.Theupperfigureshowsaminimumconfigurationexampleforcableredundancy.Oncethe
hardwarehasbeenwiredandcommissioned,thesupplementmustbeinstalledonthedevice,forexample
viaaUSBstickortheITnetwork.Duringtheinstallationthesystemasksforthelicencekey.Thecable
redundancycanbesetupintheSystemManager.Thefirststepinvolvesreadingtheterminalconfiguration.
Thenselect"AdvancedSettings"underthe"EtherCAT"tabintheEtherCATdeviceproperties.Thesecond
adaptercanbesetunderthe"Redundancy"menu.Usethe"Search"buttontoopentheselectionmenu.
Select"LocalAreaConnection2(Intel(R).....)"forthelowernetworkconnection(X001).Click"OK"to
completetheconfiguration.
CX2020,CX2030,CX2040 35Version1.2
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