The EK1541 EtherCAT Coupler with a polymer optical fiber (POF) connection is the

link between the EtherCAT protocol at fieldbus level and the EtherCAT Terminals. 

The coupler converts the passing telegrams from Ethernet 100BASE-TX POF

hardware 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 polymer optical fiber (POF) connection via Versatile

Link socket

• connection lengths up to 50 m

• 3 ID switches for implementing variable topologies

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