Stepper Slice IO module EL-7031 in a KAS ECAT Network

The attached KAS Project integrates a Beckhoff EL-7031 Stepper module into a KAS Ethercat network.

Product

Control Panel

The following KAS Control Panel was created inside the KAS project to operate the Stepper Motor:

Ethercat Setup

The following EL7031 ESI file was loaded into the project:

The EL7031 ESI file contains the list of standard PDOs. The following was chosen for the project and objects in the PDO were directly mapped to project Dictionary parameters:

The Dictionary parameters are linked to the Control Panel in the project:

To initialize the stepper module the following objects: restore to manual default settings and set opmode for positioning  were written to the stepper module when the ECAT network comes up:

Example Operation

Here is the Control Panel setup to run a relative position move:

Motor Specifications

 Connections (Motor to EL 7031)

A1 – Black Motor Wire

A2 – Orange Motor Wire

B1 – Red Motor Wire

B2 – Yellow Motor Wire