Ethercat - ABB AC500 V3 Hardware Manual

Device specifications
Communication modules (AC500 standard) > EtherCAT

1.4.4 EtherCAT

1.4.4.1 CM579-ETHCAT - EtherCAT master
1 5 LEDs for state display
2 2 rotary switches for address setting (not used)
3 Label
4 2 communication interfaces RJ45 (ETHCAT1 and ETHCAT2)
1.4.4.1.1 Intended purpose
Communication module CM579-ETHCAT is for EtherCAT communication.
The comunication module is configured via the dual-port memory by means of a system config-
urator. The configuration is saved on a non-volatile Flash EPROM memory.
1.4.4.1.2 Connections
Field bus interfaces
The EtherCAT communication module provides 2 RJ45 interfaces with the following pin assign-
ment. The pin assignment is used for the EtherCAT slaves (communication interface modules
CI5xy-ETHCAT) as well.
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