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7 GRT1-ECT Installation
GX-series EtherCAT Slave Unit User’s Manual
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Arrange following connections:
Connect the EtherCAT Master Unit
Connect a communication cable from the EtherCAT Master Unit to the [CN IN] connector of the first
Slave.
Connect all Slaves.
Connect a communication cable from each [CN OUT] connector of a Slave to the [CN IN] connector of
the next Slave. The [CN OUT] connector of the last Slave can be left unconnected.
Reference
Unlike other networks there is no terminator required at the end of the network.
L1: Connection between Master and first Slave.
L2, L3: Connections between Slaves.
7-1-4
Connecting the Communication Cables
Last slave
Slaves
Output port
Input port
Communications cable
L1
L2
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Summary of Contents for GRT1-ECT SmartSlice
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Page 30: ...1 EtherCAT Network 1 8 GRT1 series EtherCAT Communication Unit Operation Manual ...
Page 38: ...2 EtherCAT Communication details 2 8 GRT1 series EtherCAT Communication Unit Operation Manual ...
Page 52: ...4 GRT1 ECT Details 4 10 GRT1 series EtherCAT Communication Unit Operation Manual ...
Page 76: ...6 GRT1 ECT Troubleshooting 6 12 GRT1 series EtherCAT Communication Unit Operation Manual ...
Page 136: ...A4 Appendix Object Dictionary A4 16 GRT1 series EtherCAT Communication Unit Operation Manual ...
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