Kollmorgen EtherCAT® Bus Coupler EtherCAT Terminals

For EtherCAT, stand-alone I/O systems with protection class IP 20 are available as EtherCAT Terminals.

Unlike the Bus Terminals, in which the fieldbus signals are realized in a Bus Coupler

on a terminal bus that is internally independent of the fieldbus,

the EtherCAT protocol remains fully intact within the individual terminal.

The EtherCAT coupler supports the operation of all Bus Terminals.

As far as the user is concerned, the analog inputs/outputs are handled no differently than in the other series.

The information is processed as a byte array in the process image of the controller.

Analog and multifunction Bus Terminals can be adapted to each specific application.

Depending on the type, the registers of the analog Bus Terminals contain temperature ranges, gain values and linearization characteristics.

The Bus Terminals store settings permanently in a fail-safe manner.

In addition, the Bus Terminals can be optionally controlled via the control system.

With function blocks (FB), the programmable logic controller (PLC) handles the

configuration of the entire periphery during the startup phase.

If required, the controller can upload the configuration data created centrally in order to manage and store them centrally.

As a result, no new adjustments are required when changing bus terminals.

The controller automatically sets the required settings at power-up.