Functional Principle and the

resulting Benefits.

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 EtherCAT Functional Principle: Ethernet on the fly

EtherCAT is:
- Faster Slave Device Slave Device
- Synchronization
- Industrial Ethernet
EtherCAT Slave EtherCAT Slave
- Flexible Topology Controller Controller
- Easier to configure
- Cost effective
- Easier to implement
- Well proven
- Open
Process data is extracted and inserted on the fly:
- Conformance Process data size per slave almost unlimited
- Safety (1 Bit60 Kbyte, if needed using several frames)
- Redundancy Compilation of process data can change in each cycle, e.g.
- Versatile ultra short cycle time for axis, and longer cycles for I/O
update possible
in addition asynchronous, event triggered communication

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 EtherCAT Functional Principle: Ethernet on the fly

EtherCAT is:
- Faster Master

- Synchronization
- Industrial Ethernet
- Flexible Topology
- Easier to configure
- Cost effective
- Easier to implement

HDR 1

HDR 2

HDR 2
Ethernet Header ECAT HDR PLC Data 1 NC Data PLC Data 2 CRC
- Well proven
- Open
- Conformance Minimal protocol overhead via implicit addressing
- Safety
Optimized telegram structure for decentralized I/O
- Redundancy
- Versatile
Communication completely in hardware: maximum
(+ predictable!) performance
No switches needed if only EtherCAT devices in the network
Outstanding diagnostic features
Ethernet-compatibility maintained

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 Benefit 1: Performance

EtherCAT is: EtherCAT is by far the fastest Ethernet Fieldbus

- Faster
- Synchronization
- Industrial Ethernet
Application Example:
- Flexible Topology 40 Axis (each 20 Byte Input- and Output-Data)
- Easier to configure
50 I/O Station with a total of 560 EtherCAT Bus Terminals
- Cost effective
- Easier to implement
2000 Digital + 200 Analog I/O, Bus Length 500 m
- Well proven Performance EtherCAT: Cycle Time = 276 s
- Open at 44 % Bus Load, Telegram Length = 122 s
- Conformance
- Safety
- Redundancy
- Versatile

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 Benefit 2: EtherCAT is Industrial Ethernet!

EtherCAT is: fully transparent for TCP/IP

- Faster 3 all Internet technologies (HTTP, FTP, Webserver,)
- Synchronization 3 available without restricting the real time capabilities!
- Industrial Ethernet
- Flexible Topology
- Easier to configure EtherCAT Slave Device
- Cost effective
- Easier to implement
Standard Ethernet Real Time
- Well proven Application Application
TCP/IP
- Open Stack
TCP UDP
- Conformance
- Safety Acyclic
IP
- Redundancy Data
- Versatile
Mailbox Process Data
EtherCAT MAC / DLL

Ethernet PHY Ethernet PHY

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 Benefit 3: EtherCAT wiring is more flexible

EtherCAT is: Standard Ethernet Topology: Star

- Faster 3
- Synchronization 3
- Industrial Ethernet 3
- Flexible Topology
- Easier to configure
- Cost effective
- Easier to implement
- Well proven
- Open
- Conformance
- Safety
- Redundancy
- Versatile

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 Benefit 3: EtherCAT wiring is more flexible

EtherCAT is: Flexible topologies arbitrarily extendable

- Faster 3 Topology variants like Line, Star, Tree, Daisy Chain
- Synchronization 3 + Drop Lines possible; can be used in any combination!
- Industrial Ethernet 3
Up to 65.535 nodes for each EtherCAT segment
- Flexible Topology
- Easier to configure
Standard Ethernet cabling
Line
- Cost effective
- Easier to implement
- Well proven
- Open
Master
- Conformance
- Safety
- Redundancy
- Versatile

Drop Line
Star/Tree

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 Benefit 4: EtherCAT is easier to configure

EtherCAT is: Network planning:

- Faster 3 Performance independent of:
- Synchronization 3
- Industrial Ethernet 3 Slave implementation
- Flexible Topology 3 (no Stacks involved in Process Data Communication)
- Easier to configure Topology (no Switches/Hubs)
- Cost effective
- Easier to implement
Addressing
- Well proven No manual address setting required
- Open No IP- or MAC-Address Handling Required
- Conformance
- Safety
Addresses can be assigned automatically
- Redundancy Addresses can be kept
- Versatile no new addressing if nodes are added

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 Benefit 5: EtherCAT is easier to diagnose

EtherCAT is:
- Faster
Topology:
3
- Synchronization 3 Automatic Topology Expected/Actual Comparison
- Industrial Ethernet 3
- Flexible Topology 3 Diagnosis: Every node
- Easier to configure constantly
- Cost effective
Diagnosis with exact Localization monitors
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- Easier to implement
- Well proven M
- Open
Bit errors are
- Conformance detected and
- Safety localized
- Redundancy
- Versatile

Even Timing Errors (e.g. Time Window for Actual Values

missed) are detected and stored locally in the chip

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 Benefit 6: EtherCAT is lower costs

EtherCAT is: Lower Engineering Costs:

- Faster 3
- Synchronization 3
Less effort for Network planning:
- Industrial Ethernet 3 Simplified configuration
- Flexible Topology 3
Default settings will work, no network tuning
- Easier to configure 3
- Cost effective Improved Diagnosis:
- Easier to implement
Faster error handling leads to less downtime
- Well proven
- Open Faster Setup:
- Conformance
No address setting required
- Safety
- Redundancy Implementation / Tools:
- Versatile
Standard Network Monitor Tools,
e.g. MS Network Monitor or Wireshark: free of charge
Parser Software: free of charge

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 Benefit 6: EtherCAT is lower costs

EtherCAT is: Lower Hardware Costs:

- Faster 3
- Synchronization 3
Master:
- Industrial Ethernet 3 no dedicated plug in card (co-processor)
- Flexible Topology 3
on-board Ethernet Port is fine
- Easier to configure 3
- Cost effective Slave:
- Easier to implement
low cost Slave Controller
- Well proven
FPGA or ASIC 32 Bit
- Open C
- Conformance for simple devices: no C needed
- Safety
no powerful C needed
- Redundancy
- Versatile Infrastructure:
no Switches/Hubs required
Standard Ethernet Cabling + Connectors

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 Benefit 7: EtherCAT is well proven

EtherCAT is: In Series Production since 2003, outstanding Product Variety

- Faster 3
- Synchronization 3
- Industrial Ethernet 3
- Flexible Topology 3
- Easier to configure 3
- Cost effective 3
- Easier to implement 3
- Well proven
- Open
- Conformance
- Safety
- Redundancy
- Versatile

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 Benefit 8: EtherCAT is an open technology

EtherCAT is:
- Faster 3
- Synchronization 3
- Industrial Ethernet 3 Foundation: November 2003
- Flexible Topology 3
- Easier to configure 3 Tasks: Support, Advancement and Promotion
- Cost effective 3 of EtherCAT
- Easier to implement 3
- Well proven 3 The worlds largest Fieldbus Organization
- Open
- Conformance
More than 1450* member companies from
- Safety 50 countries in 6 continents:
- Redundancy Device Manufacturers
- Versatile
End Users
Technology Providers
Membership is open to everybody

*as of Oct 2010

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 Benefit 8: EtherCAT is an open technology

EtherCAT is: Protocol is disclosed completely:

- Faster 3 EtherCAT is IEC, ISO and SEMI Standard
- Synchronization 3
- Industrial Ethernet 3
(IEC 61158, IEC 61784, ISO 15745, SEMI E54.20)
- Flexible Topology 3
- Easier to configure 3
- Cost effective 3
- Easier to implement 3
- Well proven 3
- Open Slave Controller from several sources available
- Conformance
- Safety
Slave Controller provides interoperability
- Redundancy ETG organizes Interoperabilitly Testing
- Versatile
(Plug Fests), Workshops and Seminars
Conformance Testing + Certificates

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 ETG Members Asia

EtherCAT is: Sept 30, 2010:

- Faster 3 374 Asian Members
- Synchronization 3
- Industrial Ethernet 3
- Flexible Topology 3
- Easier to configure 3
- Cost effective 3
- Easier to implement 3
- Well proven 3 Aug 2009 Aug 2010:
- Open + 43%
- Conformance
- Safety
- Redundancy
- Versatile

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 Benefit 9: Largest Product Selection

EtherCAT is:
I/O, Controller, HMI, Servo Drives, Variable Speed Drives
- Faster 3
Sensors, Slave + Master Development Kits
- Synchronization 3 Control Panels, Hydraulic Valves
- Industrial Ethernet 3 and Pneumatic Valves,
- Flexible Topology 3

- Easier to configure 3
- Cost effective 3
- Easier to implement 3
- Well proven 3
- Open
- Conformance
- Safety
- Redundancy
- Versatile

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 Benefit 10: Safety over EtherCAT

EtherCAT is:
- Faster 3
- Synchronization 3
- Industrial Ethernet 3
- Flexible Topology 3 Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE) defines a safety
- Easier to configure 3 communication layer for the transportation of safety
- Cost effective 3 process data between Safety over EtherCAT devices.
- Easier to implement 3
- Well proven
Integrated: Just one system for Safe and Non-Safe Data
3
- Open 3 Open: International standard (IEC 61784-3)
- Conformance 3 Open: For EtherCAT and other bus systems as well
- Safety
- Redundancy
Lean: Safety Container only 6 Bytes
- Versatile Proven: Certified Products available since 2005

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 Benefit 11: High Availability

EtherCAT is: Cable

- Faster 3 Redundancy with Only 2nd
EtherCAT Master
- Synchronization 3 shortest Ethernet
switchover time in Port required
- Industrial Ethernet 3 RX Unit TX Unit
no special
- Flexible Topology 3 case of device or RX TX Interface Card
- Easier to configure 3 cable failure
- Cost effective 3 MAC 1 MAC 2
- Easier to implement 3
RX TX RX TX
- Well proven 3
- Open 3
- Conformance 3
- Safety 3

- Redundancy
- Versatile

Slave 1 Slave 2 Slave N-1 Slave N

RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX
... ...
TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX

Switchover time: < 15s

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 Benefit 12: Supported + Accepted in Japan

EtherCAT is:
- Faster 3
Large local Community:
- Synchronization 3
- Industrial Ethernet 3
150 Japanese ETG Members
- Flexible Topology 3
- Easier to configure 3 Local ETG Office in Japan
- Cost effective 3
- Easier to implement 3 EtherCAT Test Center in Japan (Kyoto)
- Well proven 3
- Open 3
EtherCAT Specification in Japanese Language
- Conformance 3
- Safety 3
- Redundancy 3
EtherCAT Website in Japanese Language
- Versatile 3
EtherCAT Training Classes, Seminars,
Plug Fests in Japan

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 EtherCAT - The Ethernet Fieldbus.

EtherCAT is:
- Faster 3
- Synchronization 3
- Industrial Ethernet 3
- Flexible Topology
- Easier to configure
3
3
Why go for something slower,
- Cost effective
- Easier to implement 3
3
just because it is more
- Well proven
- Open
3
3
expensive?
- Conformance 3
- Safety 3
- Redundancy 3
- Versatile 3

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 EtherCAT - The Ethernet Fieldbus.

EtherCAT is: Please visit

- Faster 3 www.ethercat.org/jp.htm
- Synchronization 3 for more information
- Industrial Ethernet 3
- Flexible Topology 3
- Easier to configure 3
- Cost effective 3
- Easier to implement 3
- Well proven 3
- Open 3
- Conformance 3
- Safety 3
- Redundancy 3
- Versatile 3
ETG Office Japan
134 Chudoji Minami-machi,
Shimogyo
Kyoto 600-8813
Phone +81 (75) 366 0161
Info.jp@ethercat.org
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