Tab: EtherCAT Module – Startup Parameters Permalink

The SDOs (Service Data Objects) or IDNs used to transmit specified parameters to the device during system startup are defined on this tab for the current module.

The object directory containing the required data objects is described in the EtherCAT XML description file or in an EDS file referenced by the XML file.

Requirement: The device supports CAN over or Servodrive over .

Some modules have their own startup parameters that are displayed on the tab. The parameters can be modified there. The parameters are also displayed for the slave but cannot be modified there.

Table 479: SDO table

List of SDOs or IDNs

The order of the entries in the SDO table (top to bottom) defines the order in which the SDOs are transferred to the module.

“Line”

Line number

“Idn”

“Bit length”

Bit length of the SDO

“Abort on Error”

_cds_icon_option_activated_copy.png: In case of error, the transfer is aborted and an error status is reported.

“Jump to Line on Error”

In case of error, the transfer resumes with the SDO at the specified “Line”.

“Next Line”

_cds_icon_option_activated_copy.png: The transfer resumes with the SDO at the next line.

“Comment”

Input field for comments.

“Move Up”

Moves the selected line upwards by one line.

“Move Down”

Moves the selected line downwards by one line.

“Add”

Opens the “Select Item from Object Directory” dialog. In this dialog you can change the parameters of the SDO before the SDO is added to the configuration.

By specifying new index/subindex entries, a new object can be added to the SDO that is not yet described in the EDS file. This is useful if only an incomplete object directory or none at all exists.

“Delete”

Removes the selected entry.

“Modify”

Opens the “Select Item from Object Directory” dialog for modifying the parameters of the selected SDO or IDN in the table.