BECKHOFF CX2100­09x4 - Manual (Page 42)

Mounting and wiring
4.5 Mounting of passive terminals on the CX2100­0xx4
power supply
Note
Note on the mounting of passive terminals
EtherCAT Bus Terminals (ELxxxx/ESxxxx) that do not actively participate in data exchange
within the Bus Terminal block are called passive terminals. These terminals can be recog­
nised by their lack of power consumption from the E­Bus. In order to ensure optimal data
exchange, these may not be connected directly in­line to the power supply!
Examples of the mounting of passive terminals (colored dark):
The following drawing shows impermissible mounting:
The following illustration shows the correct mounting of the passive terminal:
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