Features - V4

Key Features

  • EtherCAT mailbox handling
  • EtherCAT state machine handling
  • master-to-slave SDO communication
  • slave-to-slave SDO communication
  • object dictionary (ODV3)
  • Ethernet over EtherCAT (EoE) handling
  • File Access over EtherCAT (FoE) server

Supported Protocols

  • SDO client and server side protocol
  • CoE emergency messages (CoE stack)
  • Ethernet over EtherCAT (EoE)
  • File Access over EtherCAT (FoE)
  • SoE (supported from stack version 4.8, SoE and CoE cannot be used at the same time)
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Technical Data

FeatureDescription
maximum number of cyclic input and output data512 bytes in sum (netX100/500)
maximum number of cyclic input data1024 bytes (netX50/51)
maximum number of cyclic output data1024 bytes (netX50/51)
acyclic communication (CoE)

SDO

SDO master-slave

SDO slave-slave (depending on master capability)

typecomplex slave
FMMUs

3 (netX100/500)

8 (netX50/51)

sync managers

4 (netX 100/500)

4 (netX 50/51)

8 (netX50/51, linkable object only)

distributed clockssupported with 32 bit timestamps
Baud rate100 MBit/s
data transport layerEthernet II, IEEE 802.3
DMA support for PCI targetsyes

Configuration

Configuration is done by packets to transfer configuration parameters or by SYCON.net configuration database.

Diagnostic

Firmware supports common diagnostic information in the dual-port-memory for loadable firmware.