Hi all,
I use Ethercat I/O coupling to control end effector. At the moment I can see I/Os as ChannelNo.Output and ChannelNo.Input. Is there any way to change "ChannelNo" into something more human friendly?
How to change input/output name?
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mil3k -
March 8, 2022 at 9:07 AM -
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Do you use a CS9 or CS8C controller?
If CS9, did you create an EtherCat Master at J206? What´s your slave?
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Hello,
with the EtherCAT slaves from Stäubli, I found a workaround to be able to rename the inputs/outputs. Although, it might be possible to do it in SRS by now.
- In SRS (SyCon), create the J206 Master and add the slaves to it
- Close your cell
- With "Windows Explorer" go to the location of your cell CELL\CONTROLLER_NAME\usr\configs\J206_EtherCAT
- open the file "J206_SyCon_ENI.xml" with a text editor tool
- Via search and replace you can rename your I/O's (need to be done twice per I/O)
- Save the file and reopen your cell. You should now see your new names
I hope this helps
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Psyril, thank you for the answer. I was sure that there must be a xml file where I could rename I/Os, but I didn't know which one and stopped before mess up something which I shouldn't. Does it work the same with Profinet I/Os? That could save me a lot of time transferring I/O names between machines.
Do you use a CS9 or CS8C controller?
If CS9, did you create an EtherCat Master at J206? What´s your slave
CS9,
Yes I have Master with 8 input slave card and 8 output slave card. Hardware side is set correctly.
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Does it work the same with Profinet I/Os? That could save me a lot of time transferring I/O names between machines.
I assume it must work in a similar way, but I haven't tried it.
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Profinet : In SYCON, you can assign the name that you want to the bit / byte group :
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To gain some time, I created an Excel file with macro. It runs like this :
1. I create the IO configuration in SRS.
2. I export the IO configuration to CSV in SRS (It is a little bit hidden) :
3. In my Excel file, I import the CSV data.
4. I created a sheet where I can link my signal name and a physical link.
5. I "just" create a macro that rewrite the signal declaration sentence in the *.dtx file of my program, like :
<Data name="diMyDigitalInput" access="public" xsi:type="array" type="dio" size="1">
<Value key="0" link="J206_EtherCAT\Box_1_(X20BC00G3_ST1)\%I26" />
</Data>
Copy paste all these declarations in the *.dtx file, and your signals will be assigned quickly in SRS. Very helpfull when you have thousands of signal to link to physical IO
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