Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video will help you to establish a connection to a Festo CPX-E industrial PLC and EtherCAT Master, scan in IP20 slice IO modules on the CPX-E rack, scan in a combined CPX-AP-A and CPX-AP-I remote IO network over EtherCAT, and force on IO. The setup is shown in both Festo Automation Suite and the CODESYS PLC programming environment.
For the files associated with this video, please download from this public GitHub link: github.com/Festo-North-America/MTE-Videos/blob/2cdc9427de805cf3bea6a21b9b7c9b8f7327a664/050_How_to_Setup_CPX-AP-A-EC-M12_EtherCAT_Terminal_and_Additional_CPX-AP-I_Remote_IO_Modules_on_a_Festo_CODESYS_PLC/99_CurrentFullZip/CPX-E_EtherCAT_Master_Setup_of_CPX-AP-A_and_CPX-AP-I_in_CODESYS.zip
0:00 – Introduction
0:23 – Hardware Overview
2:09 – Separation of EtherCAT Fieldbus and Festo AP Backplane
2:43 – FAS – Scan for Devices in Festo Automation Suite
4:39 – FAS – Add Devices and Network Topology to Project
6:15 – CODESYS – Start New CPX-E-CEC Project in Standalone CODESYS
7:02 – CODESYS – Configure PLC and Application Settings
7:50 – CODESYS – Connect to the PLC and Download Initial Program
8:07 – CODESYS – Scan and Add CPX-E Sub-Modules to the CODESYS Program
9:19 – CODESYS – Scan and Add EtherCAT Devices to the CODESYS Program
10:07 – CODESYS – Configure EtherCAT Master Settings
10:39 – CODESYS – Login, Download, and Start Application on the PLC
11:01 – CODESYS – Test Outputs with the Online System
12:12 – Outro
This video will help you to establish a connection to a Festo CPX-E industrial PLC and EtherCAT Master, scan in IP20 slice IO modules on the CPX-E rack, scan in a combined CPX-AP-A and CPX-AP-I remote IO network over EtherCAT, and force on IO. The setup is shown in both Festo Automation Suite and the CODESYS PLC programming environment.
For the files associated with this video, please download from this public GitHub link: github.com/Festo-North-America/MTE-Videos/blob/2cdc9427de805cf3bea6a21b9b7c9b8f7327a664/050_How_to_Setup_CPX-AP-A-EC-M12_EtherCAT_Terminal_and_Additional_CPX-AP-I_Remote_IO_Modules_on_a_Festo_CODESYS_PLC/99_CurrentFullZip/CPX-E_EtherCAT_Master_Setup_of_CPX-AP-A_and_CPX-AP-I_in_CODESYS.zip
0:00 – Introduction
0:23 – Hardware Overview
2:09 – Separation of EtherCAT Fieldbus and Festo AP Backplane
2:43 – FAS – Scan for Devices in Festo Automation Suite
4:39 – FAS – Add Devices and Network Topology to Project
6:15 – CODESYS – Start New CPX-E-CEC Project in Standalone CODESYS
7:02 – CODESYS – Configure PLC and Application Settings
7:50 – CODESYS – Connect to the PLC and Download Initial Program
8:07 – CODESYS – Scan and Add CPX-E Sub-Modules to the CODESYS Program
9:19 – CODESYS – Scan and Add EtherCAT Devices to the CODESYS Program
10:07 – CODESYS – Configure EtherCAT Master Settings
10:39 – CODESYS – Login, Download, and Start Application on the PLC
11:01 – CODESYS – Test Outputs with the Online System
12:12 – Outro
