Positioning Of Passive Terminals; Fig. 38 Correct Positioning; Fig. 39 Incorrect Positioning - Beckhoff EK15 Series Documentation

Mounting and wiring
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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. 38: Correct positioning
Fig. 39: Incorrect positioning
48 Version: 3.4 EK1122, EK15xx