Function-extension:
EtherCAT devices with I/O channels have the 'EtherCAT I/O Mapping' tab. It shows the available channels and allows the input, output and memory addresses of the devices to be mapped to variables or entire function blocks of the application. This creates the so-called "I/O image" ("mapping").
The view of this tab has changed so that the I/O channels are grouped according to the 'Process data' tab:

Included in the following products:
PLC Designer from V4.0
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