Lenze E84DGFCT - Manual (Page 9)

EDS84DMOTECAT EN 2.1 - 11/2012
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Communication manual 8400 motec EtherCAT®
About this documentation
Terminology used
1.3 Terminology used
Term Meaning
EtherCAT® is a real-time capable Ethernet system with top performance.
EtherCAT® is a registered trademark and patented technology, licensed by
Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Germany.
Controller Lenze controller of the "Inverter Drives 8400 motec" product series
Standard device
Drive Unit
Communication Unit
Wiring Unit
The controller 8400 motec consists of the following modules: "Drive Unit",
"Communication Unit" and "Wiring Unit".
• The Drive Unit is available in various power classes.
• The Communication Unit is available in the following versions:
–No fieldbus
–AS-i option
–CANopen option
–PROFIBUS option
–PROFINET option
–EtherCAT option
• The Wiring Unit provides flexible connection options for an easy integration
into the power supply of the machine.
»Engineer« PC software from Lenze which supports you in "engineering" (parameter setting,
diagnosing, and configuring) during the entire life cycle, i.e. from planning to
maintenance of the commissioned machine.
»PLC Designer«
»TwinCAT« Beckhoff PC software for EtherCAT configuration
Code Parameter which serves to parameterise and monitor the controller. In normal
usage, the term is usually referred to as "Index".
Subcode If a code contains several parameters they are stored in so-called "subcodes".
In the documentation the forward slash "/" is used as a separator between the
designation of the code and the subcode (e.g. "C00118/3").
In normal usage, the term is also referred to as "Subindex".
Lenze setting These are settings with which the device is preconfigured ex works.
Basic setting
HW
Hardware
SW Software
ESI "EtherCAT Slave Information"
(device description file in XML format)
CoE CANopen over EtherCAT
I-1600.8 CoE index (hexadecimal representation)
• In the example: index 0x1600, subindex 8
TA Technology application
PDO Process data object
SDO Service data object
"Hot connect" This feature provides for removing and connecting slave nodes during operation.