Hey everyone,
I have a customer that has an existing machine that needs more IO added to it. Right now the setup is as follows.
CPU - NX1P2
EtherCAT:
Node 1 - NX-ECC202
[7] NX-ID5442 input cards (16 point)
[1] NX-PF0630
[5] NX-OD5256 output cards (16 point)
Node 2 - NX-ECC202
[3] NX-ID5442 input cards (16 point)
Customer wants 25 outputs and 20 more inputs added to machine and the panel is tight so I need to add another EtherCAT node. So in the code I added another NX-ECC202 and then went to add [2] NX-ID5442 and [2] NX-OD5256. When I did this I got an error saying "Units exceeded for CPU type". I did a quick google search and found a manual stating that this CPU has a 16 slave maximum.
I started to mess around with the IO units and found that when I replaced [2] NX-ID5442 with [1] NX-ID6142-5 it now had only 15 units. I then added [1] NX-OD5256 to see if the program would give me an error and it didn't.
Here is my question: Can I replace [8] NX-ID5442 with [4] NX-ID6142-5 and then replace [4] NX-OD5256 with [2] NX-OD6256 and then add the cards that I need for the extra IO the customer wants?
I know doing the above I will have to re-assign the IO that have moved units.
Thanks,
Scott
I have a customer that has an existing machine that needs more IO added to it. Right now the setup is as follows.
CPU - NX1P2
EtherCAT:
Node 1 - NX-ECC202
[7] NX-ID5442 input cards (16 point)
[1] NX-PF0630
[5] NX-OD5256 output cards (16 point)
Node 2 - NX-ECC202
[3] NX-ID5442 input cards (16 point)
Customer wants 25 outputs and 20 more inputs added to machine and the panel is tight so I need to add another EtherCAT node. So in the code I added another NX-ECC202 and then went to add [2] NX-ID5442 and [2] NX-OD5256. When I did this I got an error saying "Units exceeded for CPU type". I did a quick google search and found a manual stating that this CPU has a 16 slave maximum.
I started to mess around with the IO units and found that when I replaced [2] NX-ID5442 with [1] NX-ID6142-5 it now had only 15 units. I then added [1] NX-OD5256 to see if the program would give me an error and it didn't.
Here is my question: Can I replace [8] NX-ID5442 with [4] NX-ID6142-5 and then replace [4] NX-OD5256 with [2] NX-OD6256 and then add the cards that I need for the extra IO the customer wants?
I know doing the above I will have to re-assign the IO that have moved units.
Thanks,
Scott