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Use EtherCAT DWORDS instead of Bytes

Posted: 07 Oct 2019, 10:42
by Ibrahim Stracey
Good Morning,

I managed to get my EtherCAT gateway up and running with my PLC, but the issue I seem to be having is that I can't change the TX/RX on Pictory to use DWORDS instead of Bytes. I'm clearly missing something simple but I can't seem to figure it out. Any help would be very appreciated.

Thanks,

Ibrahim

Re: Use EtherCAT DWORDS instead of Bytes

Posted: 10 Oct 2019, 12:47
by dirk
Hi Ibrahim, you have to use four bytes instead if you want to transfer a DWORD. The byte order is in the little-endian format.

Re: Use EtherCAT DWORDS instead of Bytes

Posted: 10 Oct 2019, 14:33
by Ibrahim Stracey
Hi Dirk,

I'll try that. I assume that means changes to the PDO mapping on my PLC side? I'll have a go at it and see if I can get it to work. Thank you!

Ibrahim