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 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. The EtherCAT bus system is configured using ctrlX IO Engineering. The EtherCAT Master supports the following features: Communication with IO and other automation devices via CoE Synchronous communication via distributed clock mechanism Engineering of EtherCAT slave devices via EoE CtrlX IO Engineering supports the following features for EtherCAT: Generate an EtherCAT configuration by dragging and dropping devices from the device library Import device description files into the device libraries Generate an EtherCAT configuration by scanning an EtherCAT network Setup and diagnostic functions for the EtherCAT fieldbus system ctrlX, ctrlX Automation and ctrlX OS are registered trademarks of Bosch Rexroth AG. EtherCAT® is a registered trademark and patented technology, licensed by Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Germany.
