5.2
The EtherCAT Interface Of The Transducer
EtherCAT® is a registered trademark and patented technology, licensed by
Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Germany.
A separate manual is delivered with the gauge describing the use of the Ether-
CAT interface.
Hence, the description on the following pages refers to parame-
ters accessible via RS485.
Further information with regard to EtherCAT specifications can
be found under www.ethercat.org .
Meaning of the status LEDs:
LED
L/A IN
green
L/A
green
OUT
RUN
green
ERROR
red
Display
State
off
-
on
linked
flashing
aktiv
off
-
on
linked
flashing
aktiv
off
init
pre-
flashing
operational
safe-
singleflash
operational
on
operational
flickering
bootstrap
off
-
Err-ope-ra-
tional
flashing
no com-mu-
nication
Explanation
No connection on the incoming
EtherCAT line
Physical connection to the pre-vi-
ous EtherCAT slave available
Communication with the previous
EtherCAT partner
No connection on the outgoing
EtherCAT line
Physical connection to the next
EtherCAT slave available
Communication with the next
EtherCAT partner
Transmitter is in initializing state
Transmitter is in Pre-Operational
state
Transmitter is in Safe-Operational
state
Transmitter is in Operational state
Firmware is uploaded
No error
Configuration error / data error
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