Lenze Engineer v2.21 - Manual (Page 86)

Establishing an online connection
Going online
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4. Press OK.
• In the Communication path dialog box, the Device access path column displays the
corresponding device access path (e.g. "IPC:172_31_207_254.CAN.can1.dev1.").
6.2.1.7 Gateway controller -> EtherCAT
The controller offers a gateway function to establish an online connection to a field device via
EtherCAT.
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How to configure an online connection to a field device which is connected to the
controller via EtherCAT:
1. Go to the Communication path dialog box and select the entry "Gateway controller ->
EtherCAT" from the Bus connection list field.
2. Press Search/Enter....
• The Gateway controller -> Set up EtherCAT bus dialog box is shown:
3. Enter the IP address of the controller.
• By pressing Ping you can carry out a simple test on whether a device can actually be
reached via the IP address set.
Please note: However, this has not necessarily got to mean that the intended device can
be reached via this IP address!
4. Press OK.
• The Enter IP address dialog box is closed.
• In the Communication path dialog box, the Device access path column displays the
corresponding device access path (e.g. "IPC:172_31_207_254.ECAT.ecat1.dev1001.").