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This app enables the master interface for the real-time EtherCAT Ethernet system. This app activates the master interface for the real-time EtherCAT Ethernet system and connects the ctrlX-OS-based con...

<p>This app enables the master interface for the real-time EtherCAT Ethernet system.</p><p> </p><p>This app activates the master interface for the real-time EtherCAT Ethernet system and connects the ctrlX-OS-based controller to the diverse automation components in the EtherCAT ecosystem. The data from the EtherCAT Master is available to all applications on the controller via the real-time data layer.</p><p> </p><p>The EtherCAT bus system is configured using ctrlX IO Engineering.</p><p> </p><p>The EtherCAT Master supports the following features:</p><ul><li>Communication with IO and other automation devices via CoE</li><li>Synchronous communication via distributed clock mechanism</li><li>Engineering of EtherCAT slave devices via EoE</li></ul><br/><p> </p><p>CtrlX IO Engineering supports the following features for EtherCAT:</p><ul><li>Generate an EtherCAT configuration by dragging and dropping devices from the device library</li><li>Import device description files into the device libraries</li><li>Generate an EtherCAT configuration by scanning an EtherCAT network</li><li>Setup and diagnostic functions for the EtherCAT fieldbus system</li></ul><br/><p> </p><p>ctrlX, ctrlX Automation and ctrlX OS are registered trademarks of Bosch Rexroth AG.</p><p>EtherCAT® is a registered trademark and patented technology, licensed by Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Germany.</p>