EK1300 | EtherCAT P coupler

The EK1300 EtherCAT P coupler integrates the EtherCAT Terminals into the EtherCAT P network. The coupler converts the passing telegrams from Ethernet 100BASE-TX to E-bus signal representation. A station consists of a coupler and any number of EtherCAT Terminals that are automatically detected and individually displayed in the process image

Special features:

• connection technology: 2 x P-coded M8 sockets
• power supply via EtherCAT P connection
• number of EtherCAT Terminals in the overall system: up to 65,535

The EK1300 has two P-coded M8 connections. The upper EtherCAT P interface is used to connect the coupler to the network, the lower P-coded M8 socket is used for optional continuation of the EtherCAT P topology. In addition, the EK1322 EtherCAT P junction or the EK1310 EtherCAT P extension can be used for extending or creating a line or star topology.

Since EtherCAT P integrates the power supply and the communication on a single line, an additional power supply for the coupler via the terminal points is no longer required. Depending on the application, the system and sensor supply U_S or the peripheral voltage for actuators U_P can be bridged to the power contacts.