Accelnet & Stepnet Plus Panels User Guide
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N
D
AT
A
BSOLUTE
E
NCODER
The EnDat interface is a Heidenhain interface that is similar to SSI in the use of clock and data signals, but
which also supports analog sin/cos channels from the same encoder. The number of position data bits is
programmable as is the use of sin/cos channels. Use of sin/cos incremental signals is optional in the EnDat
specification.
A
BSOLUTE
A
E
NCODER
The Absolute A interface is a serial, half-duplex type that is electrically the same as RS-485