Documentation Issue Status; Version Identification Of Ethercat Devices; General Notes On Marking - Beckhoff EPP3504-0023 Short Manual

1.3

Documentation Issue Status

Version Comment
1.2 • Subchapter "Product overview"/ "Similar products" deleted
• Subchapter "Commissioning on EtherCAT Master"/ "General notes for setting the watchdog"
updated
• Subchapter "Notes on analog measured values" within appendix deleted
• Subchapter "Continuative documentation for I/O components with analog in and outputs"
within appendix added
1.1 • Chapter "Product Overview"/ "Similar products", subchapter "RTD/Resistance measurement"
added
• Updates/ complements within Appendix, Subchapter "Notes on analog measured values"
◦ Subchapter "Notes on analog specifications" updated
◦ Subchapter "Theory of numbers of INT32, REAL32" added
1.0 • First public version
Firmware and hardware versions
This documentation refers to the firmware and hardware version that was applicable at the time the
documentation was written.
The module features are continuously improved and developed further. Modules having earlier production
statuses cannot have the same properties as modules with the latest status. However, existing properties
are retained and are not changed, so that older modules can always be replaced with new ones.
The firmware and hardware version (delivery state) can be found in the batch number (D-number) printed on
the side of the EtherCAT Box.
Syntax of the batch number (D-number)
D: WW YY FF HH
WW - week of production (calendar week)
YY - year of production
FF - firmware version
HH - hardware version
Also see about this
2 Firmware compatibility [} 242]
1.4

Version identification of EtherCAT devices

1.4.1

General notes on marking

Designation
A Beckhoff EtherCAT device has a 14-digit designation, made up of
• family key
• type
• version
• revision
EPP3504-0023
Example with D no. 29 10 02 01:
29 - week of production 29
10 - year of production 2010
02 - firmware version 02
01 - hardware version 01
Version: 1.2
Foreword
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