Setting the engineering PC

To be able to access the inverters with the engineering software via the mailbox gateway, you must configure a static route.

Proceed as follows:

  • You have administrator rights on the engineering PC.
  • The TwinCAT program is in the "RUN" operating mode.
  1. Open the Windows prompt of the engineering PC and enter the following command: route add IP address mailbox gateway MASK Subnet mask IP address EtherCAT® master

    2. INFORMATION

    If the command in "route –p add IP Address Mailbox-GatewayMASK subnet mask IP address EtherCAT® master" has been amended, then a permanent route will be generated. This requires an new start for the engineering PC.
    • In this example, the following addresses are assigned:

 

Address

Mailbox gateway

192.168.10.254

Subnet mask

255255255255

EtherCAT® master

192.168.20.2

  1. Check the route with the route print command.
  2. Additionally test the settings with a PING query to the mailbox gateway.
    • If the PING request is answered, the mailbox gateway can be used in the MOVISUITE® engineering software.
  3. Start MOVISUITE® and create a new project.
  4. Enter the IP address of the mailbox gateway in the communication settings. Increase the timeout time if necessary, depending on the hardware and network topology used.
    • All devices that are detected during the network scan are transferred to the MOVISUITE® project.
    • The following example shows an axis system consisting of a standard inverter and an inverter with CiA402 device profile in the combined network and function view of MOVISUITE®.