5.15 Positioning Of Passive Terminals - Beckhoff EtherCAT EK112 Series Manual

5.15 Positioning of passive Terminals

Hint for positioning of passive terminals in the bus terminal block
EtherCAT Terminals (ELxxxx / ESxxxx), which do not take an active part in data transfer within the
bus terminal block are so called passive terminals. The passive terminals have no current
consumption out of the E-Bus.
To ensure an optimal data transfer, you must not directly string together more than two passive
terminals!
Examples for positioning of passive terminals (highlighted)
Fig. 58: Correct positioning
Fig. 59: Incorrect positioning
EK112x, EK15xx Version: 3.6
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