Hi,
I have a CtrlX CORE3, which uses ethercat to communicate with slaves. There is another PLC on the line with which we have to communicate, it is a Keyence KV5500, which - I was told - is capable of ethercat communication.
The 'future proof' method of connection would be to have Ethernet/IP (which is default for the Keyence) for the CtrlX, but I was told it is not possible under CORE3, only on the big brother, and we do not have the time to switch PLCs. We were thinking if it is possible to add the Keyence PLC as slave under the EtherCAT Master of the CORE3?
Other solution would be to just relay the communication between the two PLCs.
The Keyence knows RS-232 / RS 422 / RS 485, so that could be a solution, but we do not have that modul in the current CtrlX config.
Is it possible to add another PLC under the ethercat master of the CtrlX, and then freely configure on how many bytes we communicate between the systems?
Thanks in advance!