The EK1501 EtherCAT Coupler with multi-mode fiber-optic connection is the

link between the EtherCAT protocol at fieldbus level and the EtherCAT

Terminals. The coupler converts the passing telegrams from Ethernet

100BASE-FX to E-bus signal representation.

A station consists of a coupler and any number of EtherCAT Terminals

that are automatically detected and individually displayed in the process

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Special features:

• connection technology 2 x multi-mode fiber-optic connection via SC duplex

• connection lengths up to 2 km

• 3 ID switches for implementing variable topologies

• number of EtherCAT Terminals in the overall system: up to 65.535