Process data

Main PDO

Selection of basic process data

Fig.163: “Process data” tab
A: Selection of data direction: input or output
B: Selection of (optional) PDOs (process data objects)
C: Explanatory notes for PDOs

compact: The process data can be represented with 16 bits (compact) or with 32 bits.

Optional PDOs

Optional PDOs, in addition to the main PDO:

• PDO 1 (0x1A05 or 0x1A06): The frequency or the period can be selected as optional PDO 1
• PDO 2 (0x1A07 or 0x1A08): In one of the DC modes a 64 bit or 32 bit timestamp can be selected. The timestamp specifies the time of the last registered increment edge, based on the DistributedClocks system.

Process data description

Fig.164: Process data description

The process data are generated from CoE objects 0x6010 (inputs) and 0x7010 (outputs) and are described in section Object description and parameterization

• Sync Manager (SM)
• PDO assignment
• Predefined PDO Assignment