Tab: EtherCAT Slave – EoE Settings

This tab is used to configure communication settings for the individual slaves that support Ethernet over EtherCAT (EoE).

Table 477: Settings
“Virtual Ethernet Port”	: Enables the EOE functionality of the slave. A unique “Virtual MAC ID” must be defined.
“Virtual MAC ID”	Input field for the “Virtual MAC ID”.
“Switch port”	: The device operates as a switch. No additional network settings are required.
“IP port”	: The device operates as an IP port. The “IP Settings” must be configured.

Table 478: IP Settings
The Ethernet communication parameters must be configured according to the parameters of the virtual Ethernet adapter.
“IP address”	IP address of the slave in the network (length: 4 bytes) The IP port must be in the same address range as the virtual Ethernet adapter. For example, if the network adapter address is 192.168.1.1 and the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, the IP port must be within the range from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254.
“Subnet mask”	Subnet mask (length: 4 bytes).
“Default gateway”	Default gateway (length: 4 bytes).
“DNS server”	IP address of the DNS server.
“DNS name”	Name of the DNS server.