EtherCAT G cable

The EtherCAT G cable ZK1096-8191-0xxx is used to establish communication between the tiles and the control cabinet. The EtherCAT G cables ZK1096‑8181‑0xxx can be used to connect up to nine further tiles based on the daisy chain principle.

EtherCAT G cable 1:

Uniform cabling

Beckhoff recommends connecting the same tiles that are interconnected via the power cable with EtherCAT G cables.

EtherCAT G cable 2:

Simplified representation

In the interest of clarity, only the tiles are shown in EtherCAT G cable installation description, not the machine bed or the power cables.

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