Product Overview; Introduction - Beckhoff EL6731 Documentation

Product overview

2 Product overview
2.1

Introduction

Fig. 10: EL6731
Master and slave terminals for PROFIBUS
The master and slave terminals for PROFIBUS correspond to the FC3101 PCI card from Beckhoff. Thanks
to the connection via Ethernet, no PCI slots are required in the PC.
The EL6731 can run the PROFIBUS protocol with all features; in the EtherCAT Terminal network it enables
integration of any Profibus devices. Thanks to the in-house development of the PROFIBUS chip, the
terminals are equipped with the latest version of the PROFIBUS technology – including high-precision
isochronous mode for axis control and extended diagnostic options. This masters are the only ones that
support different poll rates for the slaves.
Features:
• Cycle times from 200 µs are possible
• PROFIBUS DP, PROFIBUS DP-V1, PROFIBUS DP-V2
• Master, slave and Profibus monitor up to 12 Mbit/s
• Powerful parameter and diagnostics interfaces
• Error management freely configurable for each bus device
• It is possible to read the bus configuration and automatically assign the "GSD" files
14 Version: 2.8 EL6731