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How to Integrate Festo EtherCAT Components with Beckhoff PLC Using TwinCAT 3

September 5, 2025

Ready to explore Festo’s cutting-edge automation hardware in a real-world setup? In this in-depth tutorial, ControlX Engineering walks through their Electric Automation Test Bench (EATB) and shows how to integrate its components — including the CPX-E EtherCAT controller, CPX-AP-I remote I/O, CMMT-ST servo drive, and EMMS-ST linear actuator — with a Beckhoff PLC using TwinCAT 3.

Whether you are an automation engineer, control systems developer, or PLC programmer, this video will give you the hands-on insights you need to connect, configure, and command Festo’s EtherCAT devices from a third-party PLC.

What You’ll Learn:
  • Overview of the Festo Electric Automation Test Bench
  • EtherCAT topology and hardware components breakdown
  • How to integrate Festo devices with Beckhoff PLC
  • Real-time motion control demo with CMMT-ST servo drive
This tutorial is ideal for professionals working in:

✅ Industrial Automation

✅ Machine Design

✅ Control System Engineering

✅ IIoT & Smart Manufacturing

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