Positioning Of Passive Terminals; Fig. 27 Other Installation Positions; Fig. 28 Correct Positioning - Beckhoff EL1512 Documentation

Fig. 27: Other installation positions
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Positioning of passive Terminals

Hint for positioning of passive terminals in the bus terminal block
EtherCAT Terminals (ELxxxx / ESxxxx), which do not take an active part in data transfer within the
bus terminal block are so called passive terminals. The passive terminals have no current consump-
tion out of the E-Bus.
To ensure an optimal data transfer, you must not directly string together more than 2 passive termi-
nals!
Examples for positioning of passive terminals (highlighted)
Fig. 28: Correct positioning
EL1502, EL1512 Version: 3.5
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