Ek3100 - Introduction; Fig. 2 Ek3100 Product Overview - Beckhoff EK3100 Documentation

Product overview
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EK3100 - Introduction

Fig. 2: EK3100 product overview.
The EK3100 Bus Coupler connects PROFIBUS networks with the EtherCAT Terminals (ELxxxx) and
EtherCAT Box modules (EPxxxx) and converts the telegrams from PROFIBUS to E-bus signal
representation.
One station consists of an EK3100 and any number of EtherCAT Terminals. A 9-pin D-sub connector is used
for connecting the coupler to PROFIBUS. In EtherCAT, the PROFIBUS coupler has at its disposal a lower-
level, powerful and ultra-fast I/O system with a large selection of terminals. The coupler supports the
PROFIBUS profile and therefore fits seamlessly into PROFIBUS networks.
Configuration
The EK3100 is configured via HTML pages provided by the Bus Coupler (Beckhoff device manager) or via
the PROFIBUS DPV1 services.
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