Virtual machine commissioning becomes possible if the EtherCAT cable of the machine computer is simply plugged into a simulation computer, without the need for reconfiguration. With the TwinCAT 3 EtherCAT Simulation function and a network adapter the simulation computer can simulate a number of EtherCAT slaves. For configuration purposes the EtherCAT slaves of the original machine configuration are inverted. All EtherCAT features necessary for machine simulation are modeled – including distributed clocks. Since the communication protocols CoE and SoE are implemented, acyclic commands can also be processed in the simulation environment.
Download note: This function has an instance-based license. This means that this license only applies for one instantiated EtherCAT simulation device. Please license only, it is included in the installation of TwinCAT 3.1 - eXtended Automation Engineering (XAE).
| Beckhoff Automation LLC | |
|---|---|
| Product Category | Data Acquisition |
| Product Name | TE1111 | TwinCAT 3 EtherCAT Simulation |
| Data Acquisition | Input/Output Module |
