The EK1101-0008 EtherCAT Coupler is the link between the EtherCAT protocol at fieldbus level and the EtherCAT Terminals. The

coupler converts the passing telegrams from Ethernet 100BASE-TX 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 image.

Special features:

• connection technology: 2 x M8 socket

• connection lengths: up to 100 m

• 3 ID switches for implementing variable topologies

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