AP712

EtherCAT Gateway and Communication Module

Description

AP712 is the protocol converter for sophisticated conversions and supports 2-port Real-Time 10/100 EtherCAT to RS485, Modbus, Fieldbus and Real-Time Ethernet to Ethernet conversions. It supports slave and master functionality in any combination. The AP712 allows you to seamlessly inter-connect PLC control systems and their connected devices between EtherCAT and AP7 Series modules as well as any Modbus RTU networks.

FEATURES

Protocols Support
- Flexible use of Modbus RTU as Master or Slave
- Performs complete serial protocol conversion, no PLC function blocks required
- Built-in real time diagnostic to increase highly efficiency of device management

EtherCAT Features
- 2x RJ45 EtherCAT connectors
- Complete EtherCAT 10/100 Slave support
- Compatible with all PLCs with EtherCAT support
- Supports CANopen over EtherCAT
- Max 512 bytes of Input and 512 bytes of Output data (PDO + SDO)
- Baudrate 100 Mbit/s full duplex
- 4 FMMU channels (can be used freely by the EtherCAT master for any purpose.)
- 4 SM channels
- Bit-oriented FMMU operation
- Position addressing, node addressing and logical addressing
- PDI Watchdog
- Output I/O Sync Manager Watchdog
- Integrated switch allowing for a daisy-chain topology