EtherCAT & Industrial I/O | Axiotech Technical Library - Axiotech Automation Ltd https://axiotech.co.uk TwinCAT, industrial automation, OEM machine engineering, Autodesk Inventor development, AI and GAMP 5-aligned validation support. Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:24:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.11 https://axiotech.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/favicon.ico EtherCAT & Industrial I/O | Axiotech Technical Library - Axiotech Automation Ltd https://axiotech.co.uk 32 32 EtherCAT Commissioning and Diagnostics in TwinCAT 3 https://axiotech.co.uk/hyperion-technical-library/article/ethercat-commissioning-diagnostics/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:24:52 +0000 https://axiotech.co.uk/hyperion-technical-library/article/ethercat-commissioning-diagnostics/ EtherCAT gives machine builders deterministic, distributed I/O and motion, but a network that merely reaches OP during commissioning is not yet a proven installation. Good commissioning establishes the intended topology, timing, process-data contract and diagnostic baseline so later faults can be localised quickly. When a slave will not reach OP, first locate the earliest…

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]]> Industrial Instrumentation in TwinCAT: 4–20 mA, RTD, Thermocouple and Signal Validation https://axiotech.co.uk/hyperion-technical-library/article/industrial-instrumentation-analog-signals-twincat/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:24:52 +0000 https://axiotech.co.uk/hyperion-technical-library/article/industrial-instrumentation-analog-signals-twincat/ An analogue value is not trustworthy simply because it appears as a REAL in the PLC. The measurement chain includes the sensor, installation, transmitter, power supply, cable, input terminal, configuration, scaling, validation and process context. A defect in any part can produce a plausible but wrong value. For each instrument record the tag, measured quantity, engineering unit…

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