EtherCAT Master Stack
• Configuration and management of EtherCAT networks
• Cyclic exchange of process data
• Interface between application and EtherCAT Master Stack forms a sophisticated API,
identical for all operating systems
• Detailed diagnostic and profiling functions included
• Adaptation for the most common (real-time) operating systems available from stock
High Performance and Reliability
• Written in ANSI-C with a view to high performance, low resource commitment and good
scalability
• Core components of the stack software are independent of operating system and CPU
architecture
• EtherCAT Master Class A according to ETG.1500
Mailbox based Communication
• CAN application protocol over EtherCAT (CoE)
• Ethernet over EtherCAT (EoE)
• File over EtherCAT (FoE)
• Servo Drive over EtherCAT (SoE)