EP2338-x00x - Introduction
EP2338-x001
EP2338-x002
8 digital inputs or outputs, 24 VDC
The EP2338 EtherCAT Box has eight digital channels, each of which can optionally be operated as an input or as an output. A configuration whether a channel is to be used as input or output is not required; the input circuit is internally fixed to the output driver so that a set output is automatically displayed in the input process image.
The outputs process load currents up to 0.5 A, are short-circuit proof and protected against inverse polarity. The inputs have a filter constant of 10 µs (EP2338-0001, EP2338-0002) or a filter constant of 3 ms (EP2338-1001, EP2338-1002). The state of each signal is indicated by means of light emitting diodes. The signals are optionally connected via M8 (EP2338-x001) or M12 connectors (EP2338-x002).
 | Supply of the connected sensors from UP, not from US In contrast to many other modules, the EP2338 EtherCAT Box supplies digital sensors from the UP peripheral voltage and not from the US control voltage! Nevertheless, an overload of the sensor supply (current > 0.5 A) is also indicated here by the illuminated red US LED. |
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For switch-off in the event of a fault, do not supply sensors externally If the design of your installation is such that the power supply voltage UP is switched off in the event of a fault, you must not power the connected sensors externally, but only through EP2338! Otherwise, when the UP energy is switched off, EP2338 can continue to draw energy from the external sensor supply, and the outputs will not be switched off. |
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Signal interface M8 (EP2338-0001, EP2338-1001)
Signal interface M12 (EP2338-0002, EP2338-1002)