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4.6 TwinCAT and WorkBenchconfiguration

The EtherCAT network must be setup and managed using TwinCAT System Manager. To be able to
connect to a drive and enable it, the drive must be loaded under the I/O Devices node in TwinCAT System
Manager and axis must be added to NC - Configuration as shown "Setup via TwinCAT NC/PTP System
Manager " in the EtherCAT Manual.
In order to connect to the drives using WorkBench, the drives must be either in Pre-Op, Safe-Op or Op
state. State machine for a drive can be accessed from the Online tab for the corresponding drive under the
I/O Configuration → I/O Devices → Device [x] → Drive [x] node (see screenshot below).
Installation process for WorkBench is the same process as normal, except that it must be installed on the
same machine as TwinCAT. Communication to the drive is done thru TwinCAT master and it's not
possible to connect WorkBench to the master remotely.
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