Reading Torque from P-Series Drive

To read the P series actual torque, the easiest way to get this is to change the PDO inputs to 16#1600.  You don't need to change the outputs on the left. No changes needed within the program.

 

Then, if you go to EtherCAT IO mapping, you can input a variable name for the actual torque value and then you can use that variable within your program:

 

This is faster than doing an SDO transfer as the PDO is updated every EtherCAT cycle.

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