Version Information With Commnications Coupler Units; A-6-1 Connection To An Ethercat Coupler Unit; Connection To An Ethercat Coupler Unit - Omron NX Series Reference Manual

Appendices
A-6 Version Information with Commnica-
tions Coupler Units
This section provides version-related information when connecting Units to a Communications Coupler
Unit. Version information is provided separately for each Communications Coupler Unit that an NX Unit
is connected to.
A-6-1

Connection to an EtherCAT Coupler Unit

The relationship between the unit versions of each Unit, EtherCAT Coupler Unit, CPU Unit and Indus-
trial PC, and versions of the Sysmac Studio are shown below.
Relationship between Unit Versions of Units
The items that are used in the version combination table are given below.
NX Units
Model
Model numbers of NX
Units.
The version combination table is given below.
• With the combinations of the unit versions/versions shown below, you can use the functions that are
supported by the unit version of the Unit model. Use the unit versions/versions (or the later/higher
unit versions/versions) that correspond to the NX Unit models and the unit versions. You cannot use
the specifications that were added or changed for the relevant NX Unit models and the unit versions
unless you use the corresponding unit versions/versions.
• Depending on the type and model of the Unit to which the NX Unit is connected, some Units do not
have the corresponding versions given in the table. If a Unit does not have the specified version, sup-
port is provided by the oldest available version after the specified version. Refer to the user's manu-
als for the specific Units for the relation between models and versions.
• If you use the corresponding unit versions/versions given in the following table or later/higher ver-
sions, refer to the version information in the user's manual for Communications Coupler Unit, CPU
Unit, and Industrial PC.
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EtherCAT Coupler
Unit version
Units
Unit versions of Unit versions of Eth-
NX Units. erCAT Coupler Units
that are compatible
with the NX Units.
Corresponding unit versions/versions
CPU Units or Indus-
trial PCs
Unit versions of
NJ/NX-series CPU
Units or NY-series
Industrial PCs that
are compatible with
the EtherCAT Cou-
pler Units.
NX-series Data Reference Manual (W525)
Sysmac Studio
Sysmac Studio ver-
sions that are com-
patible with the NX
Units, EtherCAT
Coupler Units, CPU
Units and Industrial
PCs.