Infranor XtrapulsGem - Chapter 1 - Introduction

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trapuls – EtherCAT® Fieldbus Interface
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 1 - Introduction
The purpose of this manual is to provide the user with a support when designing an application and configuring
the EtherCAT®
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communication.
The EtherCAT® fieldbus interface allows the Xtrapuls drives to be used in an EtherCAT® communication network
using the CANopen over EtherCAT®
protocol. These drives do not support the Ethernet over EtherCAT®
protocol.
In this manual, the EtherCAT® slave is supposed to be:
• the XtrapulsGem drive equipped with an EtherCAT® extension board,
• the XtrapulsPac-et drive.
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EtherCAT® is a registered trademark and patented technology, licensed by Beckhoff Automation GmbH,
Germany.