Platform Setting Overview

If a communication platform such as EtherCAT is selected in the module configuration instead of a simulator platform to connect to I/O and servos, it is necessary to generate a network configuration file and a communication configuration file with the slaves.

Those settings include basic settings such as the communication cycle and determining what objects the platform will provide to the motion module in real time.

The objects that can be controlled by the motion module are limited to those objects that are supported by all slaves, the platform, and the motion module and mapped to cyclic data.

Objects not controlled by the motion module can generally be accessed via the platform’s asynchronous communication API.

See the Platforms section for detailed specifications.