EK3100 - Introduction
The EK3100 Bus Coupler connects PROFIBUS networks with the EtherCAT Terminals (ELxxxx) and EtherCAT Box modules (EPxxxx) and converts the telegrams from PROFIBUS to E-bus signal representation.
One station consists of an EK3100 and any number of EtherCAT Terminals. A 9-pin D-sub connector is used for connecting the coupler to PROFIBUS. In EtherCAT, the PROFIBUS coupler has at its disposal a lower-level, powerful and ultra-fast I/O system with a large selection of terminals. The coupler supports the PROFIBUS profile and therefore fits seamlessly into PROFIBUS networks.
Configuration
The EK3100 is configured via HTML pages provided by the Bus Coupler (Beckhoff device manager) or via the PROFIBUS DPV1 services.