SICK MLG-2 WebChecker

Architecture
Et
herCAT
®
supports a wide variety of topologies such as line, tree, ring, star, and combi‐
nations thereof.
Figure 55: Example of an EtherCAT
®
net
work in a star structure
1
PLC
2
Cyclic data (process data)
3
Acyclic data (service data)
Figure 56: Example of an EtherCAT
®
net
work in a ring structure
1
PLC
2
Cyclic data (process data)
3
Acyclic data (service data)
Cyclic data (process data)
The ML
G-2 supports Transmit process data objects (PDO) only. Receive PDOs, which
receive data from the PLC, are not supported.
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