Beckhoff EL3773 - Documentation Issue Status; Version Identification of Ethercat Devices

Foreword
EL3773 9Version: 2.5
2.3 Documentation issue status
Version Comment
2.5 • Update chapter "Process data"
• Update structure
• Update revision status
2.4 • Update chapter "Notes on the documentation"
• Update chapter "Technical data"
• Addenda chapter "Instructions for ESD protection"
• Update chapter "TwinCAT 2.1x" -> "TwinCAT Development Environment"
• Update chapter "Notices on Analog specification"
• Update revision status
2.3 • Chapter “TwinCAT Scope2” replaced by chapter “Oversampling terminals
and TwinCAT Scope”
2.2 • Update programming sample
• Update structure
• Update revision status
2.1 • Update programming sample
• Update structure
• Update revision status
2.0 • Migration
• Update structure
• Update revision status
1.5 • Update structure
• Update chapter "Connection"
1.4 • Update chapter "Technical data"
1.3 • Addenda chapter "Data visualization in TwinCAT Scope2"
1.2 • Addenda to example program
1.1 • Addenda
1.0 • Addenda and 1st public issue
0.1 - 0.3 • preliminary documentation for EL3773
2.4 Version identification of EtherCAT devices
Designation
A Beckhoff EtherCAT device has a 14-digit designation, made up of
• family key
• type
• version
• revision