About Anybus Communicator; Ethercat Mdevice Communication; Ethercat Mdevice Building Blocks - HMS Networks Anybus Communicator User Manual

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About Anybus Communicator

Anybus Communicator - EtherNet/IP to EtherCAT MDevice
5. About Anybus Communicator

5.1. EtherCAT MDevice Communication

5.1.1. EtherCAT MDevice Building Blocks

The following building blocks are used to describe the subnetwork communication.
Node
Figure 1. Nodes on a EtherCAT subnetwork
A node represents a single EtherCAT SubDevice on the EtherCAT subnetwork.
Each node can be associated with a number of process data objects.
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