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5 Setting Up EtherCAT Communications with the Sysmac Studio
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit Built-in EtherCAT Port User’s Manual (W505)
5-3 Setting EtherCAT Slave Variables and Axes
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5-3-1 Registering Device Variables for All EtherCAT Slaves
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Select the variables from the pull-down list in the I/O Map Tab Page to assign them to I/O ports.
You can input the required device variable names. For example, this method can be used to register
device variables in the following case.
• To give suitable names to device variables that are assigned to I/O for I/O slaves.
Use the following procedure.
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Double-click I/O Map under Configurations and Setup on the Multiview Explorer. Or, right-
click I/O Map under Configurations and Setup and select Edit.
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Select the I/O port on the I/O Map Tab Page and enter the variable name in the Variable Col-
umn.
Device variables are assigned to the I/O ports of the slaves.
Inputting New Device Variable Names
Select user-defined variables that were previously
registered in the global variable table.