• There are limitations on the bending radius of communications cables. Check the specifications
of the communications cable for the bending radius.
Installing EtherCAT Communications Cables
Ethernet communications cables and connectors are used to connect the EtherCAT port of the CPU
Unit with EtherCA
T slaves.
Use a straight, shielded twisted-pair cable (double shielding with aluminum tape and braiding) of
Ethernet category 5 (100BASE-TX) or higher. The following products are recommended.
Cable with Connectors
The table below lists 4-pair cables with 27 AWG conductors.
Product name
Manufac-
turer
Cable
length (m)
*1
Model
Contact informa-
tion
Cable with Connectors on
Both Ends
(RJ45/RJ45)
Standard RJ45 connector
type
OMRON
Corpora-
tion
0.3 XS6W-6LSZH8SS30CM-
Y
*2
OMRON Customer
Service Center
TEL: 0120-919-066
0.5 XS6W-6LSZH8SS50CM-
Y
*2
1 XS6W-6LSZH8SS100C
M-Y
*2
10 XS6W-6LSZH8SS1000C
M-Y
*2
*1. For the latest list of the Cables, refer to the Industrial Ethernet Connectors Catalog (Cat. No. G019).
*2. The Cables are single-shielded, but the communications and noise characteristics are ensured to satisfy
the standard values.
The table below lists 2-pair cables with 22 AWG conductors.
5 Wiring
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CK3M-series Programmable Multi-Axis Controller User's Manual Hardware (O036)
5-2 CPU Unit Wiring
5
5-2-1 Laying the EtherCAT Network