M8 Connector - Cabling

A list of the EtherCAT cable, power cable, sensor cable, Ethernet-/EtherCAT connectors and the field assembled connectors can be found at the following link: https://www.beckhoff.com/en-us/products/i-o/accessories/

You can find the corresponding data sheets at the following link: https://www.beckhoff.com/en-us/support/download-finder/data-sheets/

EtherCAT cable

For connecting EtherCAT devices only shielded Ethernet cables that meet the requirements of at least category 5 (CAT5) according to EN 50173 or ISO/IEC 11801 should be used.

Recommendations about cabling You may get detailed recommendations about cabling EtherCAT from the documentation "Recommendations for the design of the infrastructure for EtherCAT/Ethernet", that is available for download at www.Beckhoff.com.

EtherCAT uses 4 wires for signal transfer.
Due to automatic cable detection (auto-crossing) symmetric (1:1) or cross-over cables can be used between EtherCAT devices from Beckhoff.

M8 Connector - pin assignment