Mounting and wiring
4.5 Installation of passive terminals at the CX51x0 power
supply unit
Note
Note on the mounting of passive terminals
EtherCAT Bus Terminals (ELxxxx/ESxxxx) that do not actively participate in data exchange
within the Bus Terminal block are called passive terminals. These terminals can be recog-
nized by their lack of power consumption from the E-Bus. In order to ensure optimum data
exchange, they must not be connected directly to the power supply unit as the first device!
Examples of the mounting of passive terminals (colored dark):
The following drawing shows impermissible mounting:
The following illustration shows the correct mounting of the passive terminal:
CX51x0 37Version: 1.6