ABB RECA-01 User Manual

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Introduction13Terms used in this manualCommunication moduleCommunication module (often abbreviated COMM. MODULE orCOMM.) is a parameter name / parameter selection name for adevice (e.g. a fieldbus adapter) through which the drive isconnected to an external serial communication network.The communication with the communication module is activatedwith a drive parameter (see the appropriate drive firmwaremanual).Data sets and data wordsEach data set consists of three 16-bit words, i.e. data words.The Control Word (sometimes called the Command Word) and theStatus Word, References and Actual Values (see chapterCommunication profiles on page 33) are types of data words; thecontents of some data words are user-definable.RECA-01 CANopen Adapter moduleThe RECA-01 CANopen Adapter module is one of the optionalfieldbus adapter modules available for ABB drives. The RECA-01is a device through which an ABB drive is connected to anEtherCAT® network.ParameterA parameter is an operating instruction for the drive. Parameterscan be read and programmed with the drive control panel, orthrough the RECA-01 module.Further informationFurther information on the EtherCAT® protocol is available on theWorld Wide Web from www.ethercat.org