Beckhoff EL6692, Documentation

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Product overview
EL6692 14 Version: 3.2
2 Product overview
2.1 Introduction
Fig. 10: EL6692
EtherCAT bridge terminal with distributed clocks support
The EtherCAT bridge terminal enables data exchange between EtherCAT strands and different masters. It
also enables synchronization of the distributed clocks of the individual strands. The power supply on the
primary side (E-Bus) comes from the E-Bus, on the secondary side (RJ 45) via an external connection. If
several bridge terminals are used, the data traffic continues if the power supply to a device fails. The full
functionality of the distributed clocks synchronization is provided from TwinCAT version 2.11.
Quick links
• EtherCAT basics
• Commissioning [ } 43]
• Basic function principles [
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• CoE object description [
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