
EtherCAT Protocol
I-6 Slave Controller – Technology
Table 3: EtherCAT Datagram
EtherCAT Command Type (see 2.5)
The index is a numeric identifier used by the master for
identification of duplicates/lost datagrams. It shall not be changed
by EtherCAT slaves
Address (Auto Increment, Configured Station Address, or Logical
Address, see 2.3)
Length of the following data within this datagram
Circulating frame (see 3.5):
0: Frame is not circulating
1: Frame has circulated once
0: Last EtherCAT datagram
1: More EtherCAT datagrams will follow
EtherCAT Event Request registers of all slaves combined with a
logical OR
Working Counter (see 2.4)
2.3 EtherCAT Addressing Modes
Two addressing modes of EtherCAT devices are supported within one segment: device addressing
and logical addressing. Three device addressing modes are available: auto increment addressing,
configured station address, and broadcast. EtherCAT devices can have up to two configured station
addresses, one is assigned by the master (Configured Station Address), the other one is stored in the
SII EEPROM and can be changed by the slave application (Configured Station Alias address). The
EEPROM setting for the Configured Station Alias address is only taken over at the first EEPROM
loading after power-on or reset.
Table 4: EtherCAT Addressing Modes
Each slave increments Position.
Slave is addressed if Position = 0.
Local register or memory address of the ESC
Configured
Station Address
Slave is addressed if Address matches
Configured Station Address or Configured
Station Alias (if enabled).
Local register or memory address of the ESC
Each slave increments Position (not used for
addressing)
Local register or memory address of the ESC
Logical Address (configured by FMMUs)
Slave is addressed if FMMU configuration
matches Address.
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