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3rd party EtherCAT slave interoperability list

TheCodeCaptain
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General information
  • This is a list about tested EtherCAT slave devices on a ctrlX CORE
  • The list is not complete and will be extended or corrected as new devices are tested.
  • It is just a snapshot, with different versions of the device firmware/hardware or controller firmware the behavior can be different.

Did you test other devices, which are not listed or some entry is wrong? Let us know, you can drop me a private message.

Interoperability status
LIMITED:  only limited usage possible, see comment
OK:           no known problems
NO:           not functioning with ctrlX CORE EtherCAT Master

 

Vendor list
Alphanumeric index:

Beckhoff, Hilscher, IFM, PepperlFuchs, Rexroth, SMC

Vendor Type Description Status Comment
 Beckhoff
       
Beckhoff CU1128  Infrastructure, 8-port junction, EtherCAT LIMITED instead use EK1100 and several EK1122
Beckhoff BK1150 

EtherCAT compact bus coupler

OK ok, but instead of BKxxx/KLxxxx it is recommended to use EKxxxx/ELxxxx
Beckhoff EK1100 EtherCAT Coupler OK

 

Beckhoff EK1101 EtherCAT Coupler with ID switch OK

 

Beckhoff EK1101-0080  

EtherCAT Coupler with EtherCAT Terminals (ELxxxx)

with ID switch, Fast Hot Connect

OK

 Hot Connect Groups not supported by EtherCAT Master

Beckhoff EK1110 EtherCAT extension, E-BUS conversion to 100BASE-TX Ethernet OK  
Beckhoff EK1122 2-port EtherCAT junction (star topology) OK  
Beckhoff EK1300 EtherCAT P coupler OK  
Beckhoff EK1322 2-port EtherCAT P junction with feed-in OK  
Beckhoff EK1541 EtherCAT bus coupler with ID switch, plastic optical fibre OK  
Beckhoff EK1561 1-port EtherCAT plastic optical fibre junction OK  
Beckhoff EL1002 2-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 3 ms OK  
Beckhoff EL1004 4-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 3 ms OK  
Beckhoff EL1008 8-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 3 ms OK  
Beckhoff EL1012 2-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 10 µs OK  
Beckhoff EL1014 4-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 10 µs OK  
Beckhoff EL1252 2-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 1 µs, timestamp OK  
Beckhoff EL1258 8-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 1 µs, multi-timestamp OK  
Beckhoff EL1262 2-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 1 µs, oversampling OK  
Beckhoff EL2002 2-channel digital output terminal 24 V DC, 0.5 A OK  
Beckhoff EL2004 4-channel digital output terminal 24 V DC, 0.5 A OK  
Beckhoff EL2008 8-channel digital output terminal 24 V DC, 0.5 A OK  
Beckhoff EL2014 4-channel digital output terminal 24 V DC, 0.5 A, with diagnostics OK  
Beckhoff EL2202 2-channel digital output terminal 24 V DC, 0.5 A, push-pull, tristate OK  
Beckhoff EL2252 2-channel digital output terminal 24 V DC, 0.5 A, 1 µs, timestamp OK  
Beckhoff EL2258 8-channel digital output terminal with multi-timestamping OK  
Beckhoff EL3021 1-channel analog input terminal, current 4…20 mA, 12 bit, differential OK  
Beckhoff EL3062 2-channel analog input terminal 0…10 V, single-ended, 12 bit OK  
Beckhoff EL4002 2-channel analog output terminal 0…10 V, 12 bit OK  
Beckoff EL6224 IO-Link terminal NO  
Beckoff EL6228 IO-Link terminal NO  
Beckhoff EL6601 Ethernet switch port terminal (EoE) OK  
Beckhoff EL6631 PROFINET RT controller/device terminal NO

 

Beckhoff EL6632 PROFINET IRT controller NO

 

Beckhoff EL6652 EtherNet/IP master terminal NO

 

Beckhoff EL6692 EtherCAT Bridge LIMITED

With Ethercat Master App V1.10.1 the AL status doesn't get reset upon switching from Init to OP. Bugfix should be available with Patch RM21.11A.

It is recommended to use EL6695 instead.

Beckhoff EL6695 EtherCAT Bridge OK only 'freerun', at the moment (RM22.03) no synchronzid connection possible, ctrlX CORE (like almost all non-Beckhoff controlls) can be operated on the secondary port only!
Beckhoff EL6731 PROFIBUS master/slave terminal NO  
Beckhoff EL6751 CANopen master/slave terminal NO  
Beckhoff EL6752 DeviceNet master/slave terminal NO  
Beckhoff EL6900 TwinSAFE Logic NO not possible to load Beckhoff TwinSAFE project
Beckhoff EL6930 TwinSAFE/PROFIsafe logic and gateway terminal NO  
Beckhoff EL9410 Power supply terminal for E-bus, with diagnostics OK  
Beckhoff ES7041 stepper motor module OK tested without encoder
         
Hilscher
 

 

   
Hilscher CIFX 50-RE 

PC card PCI - EtherCAT-Slave

OK instead use EK1100 and several EK1122
Hilscher NXIO 50

Evaluation Board Real-Time-Ethernet

OK  
Hilscher NXIO100

 Evaluation Board Real-Time-Ethernet

OK  
Hilscher NXHS 500

 Evaluation Board Real-Time-Ethernet

OK  
Hilscher netTAP 100

EtherCAT/Profibus Gateway

OK  
Hilscher netTAP 100

EtherCAT/EthernetIP

OK  
   

 

   
IFM
 

 

   
IFM AL1930AL1332

IO-Link master

OK  
   

 

   
Pepperl + Fuchs
       
Pepperl + Fuchs ICE11-8IOL-G60L-V1D

IO-Link Master

OK  
   

 

   
Rexroth
 

 

   
Rexroth IndraDrive SoE

IndraDrive with Servo drive profile (SoE)

OK  
Rexroth IndraDrive CoE

IndraDrive with CAN application profile (CoE)

OK  
Rexroth Power Supply

IndraDrive Power Supply

OK  
Rexroth S20-EC-BK

EtherCAT S20 bus coupler

OK please have a look at this post, to see which modules are supported
Rexroth S20-IOL-8 at S20-EC-BK

EtherCAT ctrlX CORE X3 and XM

OK we have function blocks to configure in CXA_S20 and RIH_IndraControl_S20
Rexroth KE350

Tightening System

OK

With IMecat see:

EtherCat-Tightening-IMecat-module 

Rexroth ctrlX IO

 

OK

 

Rexroth ctrlX DRIVE

 

OK

 

   

 

 

 

SMC
       
SMC EX260

Valve manifold controller

OK

How-To 

SMC JXCE

Stepper motor controller

OK

How-To 

   

 

 

 

Maxon
       
 Maxon  MiniMACS6-AMP-4/50/10-IF1 EtherCAT

 EtherCAT slave for stepper motor, BLDC, etc.

 OK

 How-To 

   

 

 

 

Delta
       
Delta

ASDA A2

Servo drives

OK

Integration to EtherCAT works well. With motion app >=V2.2, the axis can be controlled from motion app

 

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