Beckhoff EL6631-0010 - 2 Product Overview; PROFINET EL6631-0010 - Introduction

Product overview
EL6631-001016 Version: 3.4.0
2 Product overview
2.1 PROFINET EL6631-0010 - Introduction
Fig.4: EL6631
The EL6631-0010 PROFINET IO Device (Slave) Terminal enables simple exchange of data between
EtherCAT and PROFINET IO. It is a device in the EtherCAT strand, which can consist of up to 65,535
devices. The EL6631-0010 has a 3-port switch. Two ports are fed to the outside on RJ-45 sockets. This
allows the I/O stations to be structured as a line topology, as a result of which the wiring is simplified. The
maximum distance between two devices is 100 m.
Protocols such as LLDP or SNMP can be used for network diagnostics.