Distributed Clocks

The downlink ports are synchronized with each other. Each port can act as Reference Clock for the respective EtherCAT segment. To do this, click on “Advanced Settings” in the “EtherCAT” tab of the port’s device. Activate the “Use as potential Reference Clock” checkbox under “Distributed Clocks”.

If you do not check this box, the first connected distributed clocks-capable device on this port will be used as Reference Clock.