System Configuration And Configuration Devices; Safety Control System Configuration On Ethercat - Omron NX-SID Series User Manual

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Safety Control System Configuration on EtherCAT

The safety control system operates on the EtherCAT network.
You combine the EtherCAT Master Function Module in the NJ/NX-series CPU Unit with the EtherCAT
slave functionality in an NX-series EtherCAT Coupler Unit to build a safety control system.
NJ/NX-series EtherCAT Communications System
EtherCAT master
NJ/NX-series
CPU Unit
The Safety CPU Unit serves as the FSoE master to control Safety I/O Units that serve as FSoE slaves.
As shown in the above figure, the Safety CPU Unit can be used to control not only the Safety I/O Units that
are mounted to the same EtherCAT Slave Terminal, but also it can control Safety I/O Units that are mounted
to other EtherCAT Slave Terminals through the EtherCAT network. You can use only one Safety CPU Unit on
each EtherCAT network.
*1. The connectivity of FSoE communications has been confirmed between OMRON NX-series Safety Control
Units. Preparations for the Safety over EtherCAT Test Center were underway by the EtherCAT Technology
Group as of September 2013.
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Safety control system
Coupler
Unit
Coupler
Unit
Slave Terminal
Abbreviations used in this figure:
• Coupler Unit: EtherCAT Coupler Unit
• Safety Input: Safety Input Unit
• Safety Output: Safety Output Unit
(These abbreviations apply to all figures in this manual.)
NX-series Safety Control Unit User's Manual (Z930)
The Safety CPU Unit performs
safety process data communica-
tions with the Safety I/O Units.
EtherCAT
Coupler
Unit
Slave Terminal
*1