08/08/2025
IO,fieldbus

3rd party EtherCAT slave interoperability list

General information

  • This is a list about tested EtherCAT slave devices on a ctrlX CORE

  • The list is not complete and will be extended or corrected as new devices are tested.

  • It is just a snapshot, with different versions of the device firmware/hardware or controller firmware the behavior can be different.

Did you test other devices, which are not listed or some entry is wrong? Let us know, you can drop me a private message.

Interoperability status

LIMITED:  only limited usage possible, see comment

OK:           no known problems

NO:           not functioning with ctrlX CORE EtherCAT Master

 

Vendor list

Alphanumeric index:

Beckhoff, Festo, Hilscher, IFM, PepperlFuchs, Rexroth, SMC

Vendor

Type

Description

Status

Comment

 Beckhoff

 

 

 

 

Beckhoff

CU1128 

Infrastructure, 8-port junction, EtherCAT

LIMITED

instead use EK1100 and several EK1122

Beckhoff

BK1150 

EtherCAT compact bus coupler

OK

ok, but instead of BKxxx/KLxxxx it is recommended to use EKxxxx/ELxxxx

Beckhoff

EK1100

EtherCAT Coupler

OK

 

Beckhoff

EK1101

EtherCAT Coupler with ID switch

OK

 

Beckhoff

EK1101-0080

 

EtherCAT Coupler with EtherCAT Terminals (ELxxxx)

with ID switch, Fast Hot Connect

OK

 Hot Connect Groups not supported by EtherCAT Master

Beckhoff

EK1110

EtherCAT extension, E-BUS conversion to 100BASE-TX Ethernet

OK

 

Beckhoff

EK1122

2-port EtherCAT junction (star topology)

OK

 

Beckhoff

EK1300

EtherCAT P coupler

OK

 

Beckhoff

EK1322

2-port EtherCAT P junction with feed-in

OK

 

Beckhoff

EK1541

EtherCAT bus coupler with ID switch, plastic optical fibre

OK

 

Beckhoff

EK1561

1-port EtherCAT plastic optical fibre junction

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL1002

2-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 3 ms

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL1004

4-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 3 ms

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL1008

8-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 3 ms

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL1012

2-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 10 µs

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL1014

4-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 10 µs

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL1252

2-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 1 µs, timestamp

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL1258

8-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 1 µs, multi-timestamp

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL1262

2-channel digital input terminal 24 V DC, 1 µs, oversampling

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL2002

2-channel digital output terminal 24 V DC, 0.5 A

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL2004

4-channel digital output terminal 24 V DC, 0.5 A

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL2008

8-channel digital output terminal 24 V DC, 0.5 A

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL2014

4-channel digital output terminal 24 V DC, 0.5 A, with diagnostics

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL2202

2-channel digital output terminal 24 V DC, 0.5 A, push-pull, tristate

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL2252

2-channel digital output terminal 24 V DC, 0.5 A, 1 µs, timestamp

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL2258

8-channel digital output terminal with multi-timestamping

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL3021

1-channel analog input terminal, current 4…20 mA, 12 bit, differential

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL3062

2-channel analog input terminal 0…10 V, single-ended, 12 bit

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL4002

2-channel analog output terminal 0…10 V, 12 bit

OK

 

Beckoff

EL6224

IO-Link terminal

NO

 

Beckhoff

EL6601

Ethernet switch port terminal (EoE)

OK

 

Beckhoff

EL6631

PROFINET RT controller/device terminal

NO

 

Beckhoff

EL6631-0010

PROFINET RT device terminal

Limited

Configuration via Startup Parameter and/or TwinCAT SCI import

Beckhoff

EL6632

PROFINET IRT controller

NO

 

Beckhoff

EL6652

EtherNet/IP master terminal

NO

 

Beckhoff

EL6692

EtherCAT Bridge

LIMITED

With Ethercat Master App V1.10.1 the AL status doesn't get reset upon switching from Init to OP. Bugfix should be available with Patch RM21.11A.

It is recommended to use EL6695 instead.

Beckhoff

EL6695

EtherCAT Bridge

OK

only 'freerun', at the moment (RM22.03) no synchronzid connection possible, ctrlX CORE (like almost all non-Beckhoff controlls) can be operated on the secondary port only!

Beckhoff

EL6731

PROFIBUS master/slave terminal

NO

 

Beckhoff

EL6731-0010

PROFIBUS slave terminal

Limited

Configuration via Startup Parameter and/or TwinCAT SCI import

Beckhoff

EL6751

CANopen master/slave terminal

NO

 

Beckhoff

EL6752

DeviceNet master/slave terminal

NO

 

Beckhoff

EL6900

TwinSAFE Logic

NO

not possible to load Beckhoff TwinSAFE project

Beckhoff

EL6930

TwinSAFE/PROFIsafe logic and gateway terminal

NO

 

Beckhoff

EL9410

Power supply terminal for E-bus, with diagnostics

OK

 

Beckhoff

EP6228

IO-Link terminal

NO

Beckhoff

ES7041

stepper motor module

OK

tested without encoder

 

 

 

 

 

Festo

 

 

 

 

Festo

CPX-AP-I-System 

Decentral I/O-System IP65/67

OK

 

Festo

CPX-E-System

IP20 Cabinet IOs

OK

 

Festo

CPX-AP-A-System

 Modular remote I/O-System

OK

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hilscher

 

 

 

 

Hilscher

CIFX 50-RE 

PC card PCI - EtherCAT-Slave

OK

instead use EK1100 and several EK1122

Hilscher

NXIO 50

Evaluation Board Real-Time-Ethernet

OK

 

Hilscher

NXIO100

 Evaluation Board Real-Time-Ethernet

OK

 

Hilscher

NXHS 500

 Evaluation Board Real-Time-Ethernet

OK

 

Hilscher

netTAP 100

EtherCAT/Profibus Gateway

OK

 

Hilscher

netTAP 100

EtherCAT/EthernetIP

OK

 

 

 

 

 

 

IFM

 

 

 

 

IFM

AL1930AL1332

IO-Link master

OK

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pepperl + Fuchs

 

 

 

 

Pepperl + Fuchs

ICE11-8IOL-G60L-V1D

IO-Link Master

OK

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rexroth

 

 

 

 

Rexroth

IndraDrive SoE

IndraDrive with Servo drive profile (SoE)

OK

 

Rexroth

IndraDrive CoE

IndraDrive with CAN application profile (CoE)

OK

 

Rexroth

Power Supply

IndraDrive Power Supply

OK

 

Rexroth

S20-EC-BK

EtherCAT S20 bus coupler

OK

please have a look at this post, to see which modules are supported

Rexroth

S20-IOL-8 at S20-EC-BK

EtherCAT ctrlX CORE X3 and XM

OK

we have function blocks to configure in CXA_S20 and RIH_IndraControl_S20

Rexroth

KE350

Tightening System

OK

With IMecat see:

EtherCat-Tightening-IMecat-module 

Rexroth

ctrlX IO

 

OK

 

Rexroth

ctrlX DRIVE

 

OK

 

 

 

 

 

 

SMC

 

 

 

 

SMC

EX260

Valve manifold controller

OK

How-To 

SMC

JXCE

Stepper motor controller

OK

How-To 

 

 

 

 

 

Maxon

 

 

 

 

 Maxon

 MiniMACS6-AMP-4/50/10-IF1 EtherCAT

 EtherCAT slave for stepper motor, BLDC, etc.

 OK

 How-To 

 

 

 

 

 

Delta

 

 

 

 

Delta

ASDA A2

Servo drives

OK

Integration to EtherCAT works well. With motion app >=V2.2, the axis can be controlled from motion app

 

5
Types
Technote
Products
Controls
IO

Latest published/updated articles