Firmware compatibility

Beckhoff EtherCAT devices are delivered with the latest available firmware version. Compatibility of firmware and hardware is mandatory; not every combination ensures compatibility. The overview below shows the hardware versions on which a firmware can be operated.

Note

It is recommended to use the newest possible firmware for the respective hardware
Beckhoff is not under any obligation to provide customers with free firmware updates for delivered products.

Notice

Risk of damage to the device!

Pay attention to the instructions for firmware updates on the separate page.
If a device is placed in BOOTSTRAP mode for a firmware update, it does not check when downloading whether the new firmware is suitable.
This can result in damage to the device! Therefore, always make sure that the firmware is suitable for the hardware version!

EL3201
Hardware (HW)	Firmware (FW)	Revision no.	Date of release
00 - 02	03	EL3201-0000-0016	2008/03
	04		2009/04
	05		2009/05
02	06	EL3201-0000-0017	2010/04
03 - 12*	07*		2010/06
		EL3201-0000-0018	2012/06
		EL3201-0000-0019	2012/07
		EL3201-0000-0020	2014/07
		EL3201-0000-0021	2015/01
		EL3201-0000-0022	2016/01

EL3201-0010
Hardware (HW)	Firmware (FW)	Revision no.	Date of release
00 - 02	03	EL3201-0010-0016	2008/11
	04		2009/04
	05		2009/05
02	06	EL3201-0010-0017	2010/04
03 - 13*	07*		2010/06
		EL3201-0010-0018	2012/06
		EL3201-0010-0019	2012/07
		EL3201-0010-0020	2014/07
		EL3201-0010-0021	2015/01
		EL3201-0010-0022	2016/02

EL3201-0020
Hardware (HW)	Firmware (FW)	Revision no.	Date of release
00 - 02	03	EL3201-0020-0016	2008/11
	04		2009/04
	05		2009/05
02	06	EL3201-0020-0017	2010/04
03 - 12*	07*		2010/06
		EL3201-0020-0018	2012/06
		EL3201-0020-0019	2012/07
		EL3201-0020-0020	2014/07
		EL3201-0020-0021	2015/01
		EL3201-0020-0022	2016/02

EL3202
Hardware (HW)	Firmware (FW)	Revision no.	Date of release
00 - 02	03	EL3202-0000-0016	2008/03
	04		2009/04
	05		2009/05
03 - 15*	06	EL3202-0000-0017	2010/04
	07*		2010/06
		EL3202-0000-0018	2012/06
		EL3202-0000-0019	2012/07
		EL3202-0000-0020	2014/07
		EL3202-0000-0021	2015/01
		EL3202-0000-0022	2016/01

EL3202-0010
Hardware (HW)	Firmware (FW)	Revision no.	Date of release
00 - 01	05	EL3202-0010-0016	2009/07
00 - 01	06	EL3202-0010-0017	2010/04
01 - 11*	07		2010/06
	08		2010/10
	09		2011/07
	10		2011/09
		EL3202-0010-0018	2012/06
		EL3202-0010-0019	2012/07
		EL3202-0010-0020	2014/07
		EL3202-0010-0021	2015/01
		EL3202-0010-0022	2016/01
	11*		2021/07

EL3202-0020
Hardware (HW)	Firmware (FW)	Revision no.	Date of release
01 - 11*	09	EL3202-0020-0017	2011/02
	10		2011/09
		EL3202-0020-0018	2012/06
		EL3202-0020-0019	2012/07
		EL3202-0020-0020	2014/07
		EL3202-0020-0021	2015/01
		EL3202-0020-0022	2016/01
	11*		2021/07

EL3204
Hardware (HW)	Firmware (FW)	Revision no.	Date of release
00 - 02	03	EL3204-0000-0016	2008/03
	04		2009/04
	05		2009/05
03 - 12	06	EL3204-0000-0017	2010/04
	07		2011/06
		EL3204-0000-0018	2012/07
		EL3204-0000-0019	2014/07
		EL3204-0000-0020	2015/01
		EL3204-0000-0021	2016/01
13 – 14*	10	EL3204-0000-0022	2022/08

EL3204-0200
Hardware (HW)	Firmware (FW)	Revision no.	Date of release
00 - 04*	01	EL3204-0200-0016	2013/08
	02*	EL3204-0200-0017	2014/04
	02*	EL3204-0200-0018	2016/02

EL3208
Hardware (HW)	Firmware (FW)	Revision no.	Date of release
00 - 06	01	EL3208-0000-0017	2014/04
00 - 06	01	EL3208-0000-0018	2016/02
07*	10*	EL3208-0000-0019	2023/06

EL3208-0010
Hardware (HW)	Firmware (FW)	Revision no.	Date of release
00 - 05*	01	EL3208-0010-0016	2018/09
00 - 05*	02*		2023/05

EL3214
Hardware (HW)	Firmware (FW)	Revision no.	Date of release
00 – 04	01	EL3214-0000-0016	2015/01
00 – 04	01	EL3214-0000-0017	2017/06
01	02		2020/11
05 – 07*	10	EL3214-0000-0018	2023/06
05 – 07*	11*		2024/11

EL3214-0090
Hardware (HW)	Firmware (FW)	Revision no.	Date of release
00 – 04	01	EL3214-0090-0016	2017/02
00 – 04	02		2018/09
05 – 07*	10*	EL3214-0090-0017	2024/07

EL3218
Hardware (HW)	Firmware (FW)	Revision no.	Date of release
01 – 02*	01	EL3218-0000-0016	2020/02
	02	EL3218-0000-0017	2021/07
	03*		2025/04

*) This is the current compatible firmware/hardware version at the time of the preparing this documentation. Check on the Beckhoff web page whether more up-to-date documentation is available.