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Preface
1.1
About this document
This document is intended to provide a good understanding of the functionality offered by the
Anybus CompactCom 40 EtherCAT. The document describes the features that are specific to
Anybus CompactCom 40 EtherCAT. For general information regarding Anybus CompactCom
40, consult the Anybus CompactCom 40 design guides.
The reader of this document is expected to be familiar with high level software design and com-
munication systems in general. The information in this network guide should normally be suffi-
cient to implement a design. However if advanced EtherCAT specific functionality is to be used,
in-depth knowledge of EtherCAT networking internals and/or information from the official Ether-
CAT specifications may be required. In such cases, the persons responsible for the implementa-
tion of this product should either obtain the EtherCAT specification to gain sufficient knowledge
or limit their implementation in such a way that this is not necessary.
For additional related documentation and file downloads, please visit the support website at
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1.2
Related Documents
Document
Author
Document ID
Anybus CompactCom 40 Software Design Guide
HMS
HMSI-216–125
Anybus CompactCom M40 Hardware Design Guide
HMS
HMSI-216–126
Anybus CompactCom B40 Design Guide
HMS
HMSI-27-230
Anybus CompactCom Host Application Implementation
Guide
HMS
HMSI-27-334
IEC 61158-6
IEC
CiA Draft Standard 301 v4.02
CAN in Automation
1.3
Document History
Version
Date
Description
1.1
2017–01–19
FM to DOX, change of document number from HMSI-27-220 to SCM-
1202-027. Version numbering restarted.
M12 connectors added
Minor corrections
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Network Guide
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