• PROFIBUS V0 master and slave
• Multiple networks per controller
• Support for all baud rates defined in the standard (9.6 to 12 MBaud)
• Transparent access to I / O and process variables
• Configuration in the SolutionCenter with standardized GSD files

• Up to 8 separate CAN networks per controller
• Convenient application of process data without programming effort
• Connection monitoring via node guarding and heartbeat
• Optional nodes, automatic reinitialization after connection loss
• Synchronous operation of bus and software possible, eg. for motion applications
• Libraries for access to further service and diagnostic data
• Event-controlled handling of telegrams
• Direct processing
• Tunneled IP communication between M1 controllers via CAN
• Configuration in SolutionCenter via standardized DCF files
• Monitors in the SolutionCenter for SDO access, emergency list etc.

EtherCAT® Master

• Software solution for operation on standard controller CPUs
• Addressing the slaves via autoincrement or alias address
• Allocating and checking the alias address
• Supporting optional nodes
• Supports slaves with distributed clock
• Synchronization of application programs and fieldbus is possible
• Cyclical data exchange via PDO mapping
• Displaying process values as logical I/O modules and in the PLC process image
• Access to acyclic data (SDO for CoE, ServiceChannel for SoE) via function library
• Status change of network and slaves via function library
• Support of the following profiles:
  • CoE (CANopen® over EtherCAT®)
  • SoE (Servo Drive profile over EtherCAT®)
  • FoE (File over EtherCAT®)
  • EoE (Ethernet over EtherCAT®)
  • MDP (Modular Device Profile)

• Function interface for network and slave status
• Extensive diagnostics via system variables
• Quality is ensured through regular participation in Plug-Fests of the ETG

EtherCAT® Configurator

• Integrated in the Bachmann SolutionCenter
• Easy creation of an online configuration by means of Busscan
• Creation of an offline configuration by selecting the slave from a catalog
• Management of standard-compliant ESI files in the catalog
• Monitors for process data, SDO access, reading and setting of alias addresses
• File transfer wizard
• Subsequently adding, removing and changing the sequence of slaves
• Targeted search for configuration errors by repeating Busscan also in the event of an error
• All diagnostic options also via remote maintenance over network boundaries
• Archiving of configurations in the templates and solutions

• Supported protocols: Modbus TCP, Modbus UDP, Modbus ASCII and Modbus RTU
• Use of the onboard interfaces of the CPUs
• Possibility of spatial distribution of the interfaces via FAST substations with EM213 or RS204 modules
• Representation of the values of the slave in the process image
• Configuration and commissioning in the SolutionCenter without programming effort
  
• Multiple networks parallel (also for different modes)

• Supported protocols: Modbus TCP/UDP/RTU/ASCII
• Use of the onboard interfaces of the CPUs
• Possibility of spatial distribution of the interfaces via FASTBUS substations and EM213 or RS204 module
• Configurator in the SolutionCenter for easy assignment of process variables to Modbus data