CM579

EtherCAT
EtherCAT
Introduction

 Open standard for industrial Ethernet based applications

highly suitable for time critical applications

 Protocol directly transported within the standard

IEEE802.3 Ethernet frame
 Up to 65535 Slave Devices
 EtherCAT Hardware Components
 Master can be a standard Ethernet Controller
 Slave needs special hardware
 Standard switch components possible

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EtherCAT
Standardization
 Each EtherCAT slave has his own electronic data sheet: The
Device Description File (DDF) in xml format.

 The DDF files are usually provided by a vendor.

 The DDF files of CI51x devices describe:

 All inputs/outputs of the device
 Device parameters

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EtherCAT
Devices: CM579-EtherCAT Communication Module
 Master in an EtherCAT network
 Transfer rate 10/100 Mbit/s (full duplex)
 Two Ethernet RJ45 ports. Port ETHCAT 2 defined for use in
future applications
 Maximal 200 slaves
 5 status LEDs, some bicolored
 Maximal 4 couplers can be used on one AC500 CPU
 Usable CPUs PM57x, PM58x, PM59x

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EtherCAT
Devices: Ethernet Bus Module CI511-ETHCAT
Decentralized IO Module
 2 Ethernet ports ETH1 – IN and ETH2 – OUT
 Transfer rate 10/100 Mbit/s, full duplex
 4 analog inputs, resolution 12 bits + sign
 2 analog inputs, resolution 12 bits + sign
 8 digital inputs 24V DC in 2 groups
 8 digital outputs 24V DC in 1 group
 Cam switch functionality
 Diagnosis and I/O status LEDs
 2 rotary switches (used for future functions)
 Electrical connection by use of S500 Terminal units TU507-
RT-ETH or TU508-RT-ETH

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EtherCAT
Devices: Ethernet Bus Module CI512-ETHCAT
Decentralized IO Module
 2 Ethernet ports ETH1 – IN and ETH2 – OUT
 Transfer rate 10/100 Mbit/s, full duplex
 8 digital configurable inputs/outputs 24V DC
 8 digital inputs 24V DC
 8 digital outputs 24V DC, 0.5A max
 8 digital outputs 24V DC in 1 group
 Cam switch functionality
 Diagnosis and I/O status LEDs
 2 rotary switches (used for future functions)
 Electrical connection by use of S500 Terminal units TU507-
RT-ETH or TU508-RT-ETH

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EtherCAT
EtherCAT Network (1)

Max. 100m
reserved
Cable: crossover or 1:1

AC500 EtherCAT supports only the bus structure

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EtherCAT
EtherCAT Network (2)

EtherCAT and other Ethernet protocols : EtherCAT and PROFINET

EtherCAT slaves have to be mounted at the end of the bus

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AC500 EtherCAT
Configuration
 Configuration in ABB Configurator

2. Choose “CM579-ECAT”

1. Right click with mouse

and select “Plug Device
””

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AC500 EtherCAT
Configuration
 If your Slave module isn’t in device list :
 Click on Tools
 Device Repository
 Select Fiedldbusses EtherCAT
 Click on Install
 Select the file type EtherCAT (*.xml).

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AC500 EtherCAT
Configuration
 Configure Coupler parameter

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AC500 EtherCAT
Configuration
 Configuration in ABB Configuration
4. Choose Your slave in list
 Insert different I/O or slave module.

3. Right click with mouse

and select “Add Device ””
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AC500 EtherCAT
Configuration
 Configure Slave module
 5. Configure slave
 The parameters for each slave is in the
documentation of the slave and have provided
by the manufacturer.
 Module ID
 Parameter length
 Analog data format
 Input 0, channel configuration
 ….

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AC500 EtherCAT
Configuration
 Channel parameter for Analog Input configuration

 Channel parameter for Analog output configuration

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AC500 EtherCAT
Configuration
 Create or rename I/O signal

6. In I/O Mapping
Select and rename the signals
(only signal create will be
implemented in CoDeSys
variable)

Automatically a folder whit

signal is create in
CoDeSys

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