Importing an ESI file
In order to configure an EtherCAT network, the first step to do is to import the ESI files for all devices in the network you want to configure.To import an ESI file, please select the menu Tools / Import ESI, then select a valid ESI file on the filesystem, and then select witch slave devices (one or more) you want to import from the ones included in the ESI.
ESI files usually have a .XML extension; but please note that it may happen to have a ”main” ESI file, that internally links other XML files with the description of the object dictionary or the list of supported modules.In this case only the main ESI must be imported.
ESI files usually have a .XML extension; but please note that it may happen to have a ”main” ESI file, that internally links other XML files with the description of the object dictionary or the list of supported modules.In this case only the main ESI must be imported.