Table of contents
1 Foreword .................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1
Notes on the documentation.............................................................................................................. 5
1.2
Safety instructions ............................................................................................................................. 6
1.3
Documentation issue status .............................................................................................................. 7
2 Product overview....................................................................................................................................... 8
2.1
EKxxxx - System overview ................................................................................................................ 8
2.2
EK3100 - Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 9
2.3
Technical data - EK3100 ................................................................................................................. 10
2.4
Technical data - PROFIBUS............................................................................................................ 11
3 Mounting and wiring................................................................................................................................ 12
3.1
3.2
Mounting .......................................................................................................................................... 12
3.2.1
Dimensions ...................................................................................................................... 12
3.2.2
3.3
Wiring............................................................................................................................................... 16
3.3.1
Power supply ................................................................................................................... 16
3.3.2
3.3.3
Cabling............................................................................................................................. 18
3.3.4
Topology .......................................................................................................................... 20
3.4
UL notice ......................................................................................................................................... 21
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.8.1
4.1
USB interface .................................................................................................................................. 30
4.2
Address selection switch ................................................................................................................. 30
4.3
2-pin DIP switch............................................................................................................................... 31
4.4
5 Configuration ........................................................................................................................................... 32
5.1
EtherCAT configurations ................................................................................................................. 32
5.2
Beckhoff Device Manager ............................................................................................................... 36
5.2.1
Installing the USB driver .................................................................................................. 36
5.2.2
5.2.3
5.2.4
5.2.5
Using Restore file ............................................................................................................ 42
5.3
Configuration in TwinCAT 3............................................................................................................. 43
5.3.1
5.3.2
5.3.3
5.3.4
Creating a virtual slave .................................................................................................... 46
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