Beckhoff FC1028, Manual

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Product overview
FC1028 8 Version: 1.0
2 Product overview
The FC1028 EtherCAT card can be used to integrate an Industrial PC as a master in an EtherCAT network.
The card has 16 EtherCAT channels and a total of eight ix-Industrial
®
type A connectors. Adapter cables type
C9900-K921 are required to connect the EtherCAT devices.
With FC1028 EtherCAT card a total of 16 EtherCAT masters are available. The EtherCAT masters are fully
DC synchronous. No external synchronization is necessary in order to synchronize the EtherCAT masters or
EtherCAT segments with one another. This function is particularly interesting for XTS systems that require
synchronously running EtherCAT masters. The FC1028 EtherCAT card can additionally be used to realize
an EtherCAT redundancy.
2.1 Structure
Fig. 1: Example structure of a FC1028 EtherCAT card.
Table 1: Legend for the structure of the FC1028 EtherCAT card.
No. Component Description
1 PCI Express x4 bus Requires a PCIe x4 slot that meets the PCIe standard.
2 ix Industrial
®
interface 8 x ix-Industrial
®
-type A interfaces. Two EtherCAT masters can be
executed per interface, i.e. a total of 16 EtherCAT masters.
3 2 x 5-pin contact strip Synchronization interface for synchronization of multiple FC1028
EtherCAT cards.
4 Diagnostic LEDs The LEDs P01 to P16 indicate the status of the connection (see:
Diagnostic LEDs [ } 25] ).