EC-Engineer V3.0: New Features

UDP Mailbox Gateway for Master Diagnosis Interface

EC-Engineer is supporting UDP Mailbox Gateway, now. So it possible to analyze all EtherCAT masters. Also TwinCAT masters can be analyzed.

EC-Engineer EtherCAT configuration tool

Import Slave Description from TwinCAT

It is now possible to import the xml slave description from TwinCAT. For example Init Commands are imported to existing EC-Engineer projects.

EC-Engineer EtherCAT configuration tool

New FMMU/SM View

In this tab, the user can see some information about FMMU and SyncManager.

EC-Engineer EtherCAT configuration tool

 

Redundancy

The new EC-Engineer V3.0 detects cable and junction redundancy and is showing it in the Topology View.

EC-Engineer EtherCAT configuration tool

Simplified PDO Tab

It is now possible to select or expand all PDOs through a context menu.

EC-Engineer EtherCAT configuration tool