Project Property Setting

To use a EtherCAT slave board as an I/O expansion board, you need to register the following information from WINCAPSIII.

From the [Project] menu, point to [Property] to open the Property window, and then click. [I/O] tab. For details, refer to "Configuring a Project".

Assign

Device

	Setting value
Device	"EtherCAT Slave" or "[Parallel] + [EtherCAT Slave]"

Mode

"Standard" indicates the Standard mode, and "Compatible" indicates the RC3 Compatible mode. For details about allocation modes, refer to “Functions in Individual Allocation Modes ”.

	Setting value
Mode	"Standard" or "Compatible"

Options MiniIO

Power Source

If the total maximum capacity of Mini I/O, Hand I/O and Parallel I/O is 1.3 A or lower, the internal power source is available.

	Setting value	Defalt setting
Power source	"External" or "Internal"	External

Options EtherCAT Slave

Input / Output Size

For about the size of IO, refer to “How to Calculate I/O Points of User I/O".  I/O can be added or removed by one byte; this will determine the maximum number of I/O.

	Available range (byte)	Default Setting (byte)
Input Size	5～256	32
Output Size	4～256	32

Station Address

Set a EtherCAT node address. To set manually, enter a node address directly.

	Setting value	Defalt setting
Station Address	"Auto" or "Fixed"	Fixed