Introduction

EtherCAT bridge terminal

The EL6695 EtherCAT bridge terminal enables real-time data exchange between EtherCAT strands with different masters. Asynchronous communication via various protocols is also supported. Synchronization of distributed clocks is possible in both directions. The EL6695 differs from the EL6692 (which will continue to be available) in terms of flexible CoE configuration, a device emulation option and a significant increase in data throughput. A convenient configuration interface is available in the TwinCAT System Manager “Extension”, like for the EL6692. The power supply for the secondary side (RJ 45) is via an external connection, the primary side is supplied via the E-bus. Thanks to the flexible CoE configuration, the bridge terminal can also be used to integrate a subordinate IPC systems as an EtherCAT slave. In this case, the user can define a parameter set in the CoE and present the subsystem externally as a user-defined EtherCAT slave.