AM3359 Industrial
Communications Engine
for Industrial Automation
The Industrial Automation Quick Start Guide for the AM3359 Industrial Communications Engine (ICE) is
comprised of the following steps:
Hardware setup
• Connect network cable between the PC and
EtherCAT® port.
• Connect 24V to the board.
• Power up EVM (after the Software setup).
Software setup
• Install TwinCAT (one-month evaluation is
available for free download from
www.beckhoff.de/tcatweb/twincat_
download_e.aspx – select PLC mode for
installa-tion and check the I/O drivers box .
• Copy sdk\examples\ethercat\esi\
TiEtherCATLib.xml to
<Drive>:\TwinCAT\Io\EtherCAT folder.
• Start TwinCAT system manager.
• Go to Options > Show Real Time Ethernet
Compatible Devices and install the RT
Ethernet Adapter connected to the ICE.
• • Connect the CAT5 Ethernet cable from
TwinCAT PC to ECAT IN/Port0 (J2) of the ICE.
If you have multiple ICEs in a chain, please
connect from ECAT OUT/Po
• Go to I/O – Confi guration > I/O Devices
– right click and select Scan Device. You
will see a list of Ethernet adapters on your
system, with a tick next to the adapter connected to the ICE. Choose OK. Device n
(EtherCAT) will be added to I/O devices.
• Choose “Yes” in response for “Scan for
boxes”.
• Box n (TIESC-001) will be detected
automatically.
• Choose “Yes” in response for “Activate
Free Run”.
• Now select Device1 (EtherCAT) and go to
Actions > Select Set/Reset TwinCAT to Confi
g Mode or use shortcut Shift-F4.
• A dialog will pop up asking Load I/O Devices.
Select Yes.
• The next dialog asks for confi rmation to
Activate Free Run. Select Yes. This will put TI
ESC into OP mode.
• Now the user can control digital out LEDs
using TwinCAT. Select Box n (TIESC-001)
>RxPDO > 32Bit Output. The LEDs are
controlled by the least signifi cant byte on the
32-bit output. Open Online tab, and click the
Write button to control the LEDs.
• Additional information is available at
www.ti.com/am335x_twincat.
Setup for EtherCAT Operation
Quick start instructions are provided below. For detailed instructions and troubleshooting, please refer
to www.ti.com/am335x_twincat.
Connect the network cable
between EtherCAT ports
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and the PC with TwinCAT
installation.
Power ICE board with 24V
power supply. Once software
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installation on the PC with
TwinCat has been completed,
power up the board.
Observe the LEDs for
a pattern to confi rm
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EtherCAT application
has started.
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Start TwinCat for the first
time you need to defi ne
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which Ethernet port will be
used as the EtherCAT port.
Select the ethernet port
from the list of compatible
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devices, and press Install.
This will install a Beckhoff
EtherCAT driver. Once
installed, the Ethernet port
will show up as above.
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Right click on I/O devices
and select Scan Device;
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Press OK in the next
dia-log to start scanning
for EtherCAT devices.
Once an EtherCat compatible device has been
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detected on this Ethernet
port, the following dialog
shows up. Note that there
is a tick mark next to the
adapter to which the ICE is
connected. Press OK, and
confi rm to start “Scan for
boxes”.
The TI device will be listed
“Box n (TIESC-001)”. Press
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Yes to activate Free Run.
Expand the box to see
Process Data Inputs (PDI)
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and Outputs (PDO).
Select 32-bit output
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Get Started
Please visit www.ti.com/am3359ice2. Here you’ll fi nd instructions to begin programming the
AM3359 Industrial Communications Engine, detailed information and resources.
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from RxPDO node.
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Select online tab on
the right side panel and
press Write. Enter the
value in hexadecimal
format, wher e each bit
in LSB represents an
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Changing the LED
value will set/clear
the appro-priate
LED.
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