M-system EtherCAT R7I4DECT-1-PA8A Instruction Manual page 10

■ Identity Object (Vendor information: 0x1018)
Vendor information is allocated to object 0x1018.
While the vendor ID and product code are fixed, the revision number is incremented by one at each major version up of the
software.
A unique serial number is allocated to each product.
A serial number consists of 8 digits, starting with two alpha-numeral characters followed by six numeral characters.
The serial number is expressed as 32-bit data divided into 6-bit, 6-bit, and 20-bit groups, with the first two characters con-
verted into 6-bit values.
6 BITS 6 BITS
1st digit 2nd digit
CHARACTER VALUE
0 0
1 1
: :
9 9
A 10
B 11
: :
Z 35
Table 12: Object Configuration For Vendor Information
INDEX SUB-INDEX
0x1018 0
1
2
3
4
20 BITS
3rd to 8th digits (000000 to 999999)
DATA TYPE BIT
UINT8 8
UINT32 32
UINT32 32
UINT32 32
UINT32 32
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ACCESS VALUE CONTENT
RO 4 Number of items
RO 0x0000060C Vendor ID
RO 0x52370083 Product code
RO n Revision number
RO 0 to n Serial number
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