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17 Restoring the default settings
The following option is available for restoring the default set-
tings:
– Write the value “1” to CoE object 2F00
hex
. After power-
ing on again, the device is in the default settings.
18 Firmware started
Once you have connected the power, the firmware is
started.
After completion of the boot process of the firmware, the
RDY LED lights up green or flashes depending on the bus
status.
19 Monitoring/substitute value
behavior
The device monitors the connection for network communi-
cation.
In the event of a connection timeout, the device switches its
outputs to the previously configured safe state.
For further information, please refer to “Safe state objects”.
20 Firmware update
It is possible to carry out a firmware update via EtherCAT
®
.
The File Access over EtherCAT
®
(FoE) mechanism is used
for this, which is provided via your engineering system.
For detailed instructions for the firmware update with
TwinCAT
®
, please refer to
AH EN FIRMWARE UPDATE AXL E EC.
The application note can be downloaded at
phoenixcontact.net/products.
21 Device description file (ESI)
In the case of EtherCAT
®
, a device description file is re-
quired for various configuration tools.
This file is called EtherCAT
®
Slave Information (ESI).
A single ESI file is provided for all Axioline E EtherCAT
®
de-
vices.
22 Endianness
EtherCAT
®
uses Little Endian format. All variables, param-
eters, and data in this document are in Little Endian format
(Intel), i.e., LSB/MSB.
