Multi Ethernet Card connecting to Ethercat Network

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Hi all, I'm attempting to use an EFC 5610 VFD with a multi-ethernet card with an ethercat network but am not having any luck connecting. When I plug in the unit to the network the other working nodes lose connection. I'm fairly sure it's becuase I haven't set the ethernet card to use the Ethercat protocol but I'm unsure on how to do that with the CTRLX IO engineering tool.

[EngJay · Accepted solution]

The tool you will want to use instead of IO Engineering is either Indraworks DS or possibly ctrlX Drive Engineering (I haven't tested that personally) to confirm that the ethernet card is set to EtherCAT.

The attached PDF offers some guidance as well.