REXROTH efc series - Introduction; About This Documentation

2 Introduction
2.1 About This Documentation
This documentation contains necessary data and information descriptions rela-
ted to the Multi-Ethernet Platform (MEP) extension card, which is one of the
fieldbus communication module accessories of EFC x610 series frequency con-
verter.
As the name indicates, this extension card incoroporates multiple industrial
Ethernet protocols listed as below.
● PROFINET IO
● EtherNet/IP
● SERCOS III
● EtherCAT
● Modbus/TCP
This extension card fully supports the EFCx610 firmware the version
03V08 and above, while more industrial Ethernet protocols will be
developed to be incorporated in the MEP extension card, please al-
ways check for the latest version of this manual for a most up-to-
date reference.
Chapters 1 through 3 provide the general information of the MEP extension
card, while chapters 5 through 9 contain detailed technical information relevant
to different industrial Ethernet protocol. The common configuration, parameters
and diagnosis are described in chapter 4, 10 and 11.
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