To transfer both control and safety-related information, use EtherCAT in combination with the safe protocol Safety-over-EtherCAT FSoE (= FailSafe over EtherCAT), which transfers safety-related and non-safety-related information on the same channel. EtherCAT is an open industrial Ethernet protocol. The safe fieldbus module PNOZ m EF EtherCAT FSoE in conjunction with the base unit PNOZ m B1 can be used as FSoE Master, FSoE Slave, and also EtherCAT Slave on your plant or machine – depending on the requirement. This means you can implement safe plant structures with a “one-cable solution” at fieldbus level. Configuration is conveniently carried out in the software tool PNOZmulti Configurator from Version 11.3. Here you can define the necessary Slaves in a list view, for example. Up to 4 Master-Master and up to 60 Master-Slave connections are available.

With PNOZmulti 2 as FSoE Master, it is easy to implement safety-related networking with the safe radar sensor PSENradar and safe drive technology PMC – both with FSoE functionality. Additional FSoE-capable products can also be incorporated if necessary.

Your application advantages:

– Seamless integration of the safety concept into the machine concept
– Safe “one-cable solution” with sensor and drive technology from Pilz
– Less wiring saves costs
– Numerous diagnostic options for minimum downtimes