EPP1332-0001

EtherCAT P junction with refresh

The EPP1332-0001 EtherCAT P Box has two functions in an EtherCAT P network:

• Junction: EPP1332-0001 distributes the incoming EtherCAT P signal to three output ports.
• Feed-in point for refreshing the supply voltages.

A refresh of the supply voltages may be necessary in EtherCAT P networks with long cables and/or high output currents. It prevents:

• the supply voltages falling below the permissible minimum due to line losses.
• the current carrying capacity of the EtherCAT P cables being exceeded by high output currents.

A planning tool for EtherCAT P networks integrated in TwinCAT provides support for deciding where in the network a refresh of the supply voltages should be applied.