EtherCAT Slaves

Hello all. I am not sure who here might have experience enough to help me with this however, I have been tasked with "Defining IP ratings on EtherCAT Slaves". First of all, I have never worked with EtherCAT. My experience with Fieldbus systems in general, isn't worth mentioning. I have called the ETG office and sent an email but haven't heard anything back just yet. I have viewed some youtube videos to give me an idea how to set up an EtherCAT system, how to set up the I/O's, but it appears to be pretty limited. Most of my experience is with TCP/IP over Ehternet. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Also, this EtherCAT is being used with NI field devices and controls and LabVIEW 2014 s-ware. Thanks much.

I am confused with the 'ratings' terms. Could you elaborate?

"IP ratings" typically refers to "Ingress Protection". It's a standard for describing how well sealed against dust and water a particular electronic package is.

A nice explanation here: [Link]

Typical National Instruments stuff is IP 1; it's only protected against poking it with your fingertip or a screwdriver.

Ken Roach said:

"IP ratings" typically refers to "Ingress Protection". It's a standard for describing how well sealed against dust and water a particular electronic package is.

A nice explanation here: [Link]

Typical National Instruments stuff is IP 1; it's only protected against poking it with your fingertip or a screwdriver.

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Awesome, thank you Ken.

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A typical "slice I/O" terminal, like Beckhoff or Wago carries IP20 rating. A module which installs outside of an electrical panel would typically be IP65 or IP67 ("washdown duty").

I am not sure if this is even what is being asked; if this is really about ingress protection, it has nothing to do with EtherCAT; it is a feature of the hardware implementation of any electrical device.

LadderLogic said:

A typical "slice I/O" terminal, like Beckhoff or Wago carries IP20 rating. A module which installs outside of an electrical panel would typically be IP65 or IP67 ("washdown duty").

I am not sure if this is even what is being asked; if this is really about ingress protection, it has nothing to do with EtherCAT; it is a feature of the hardware implementation of any electrical device.

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It is an NI EtherCAT slave device, if that helps.

ceilingwalker said:

It is an NI EtherCAT slave device, if that helps.

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Then the IP rating should be in its datasheet.

LadderLogic said:

Then the IP rating should be in its datasheet.

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That's what I thought however, all I see is that it must enclosed in an enclosure with IP54, for zone 2 installations, doesn't give it's actual IP#.

http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/372498h.pdf

Page 17. Ingress protection: IP40

I hope this was the unit you were talking about, since you have never mentioned any part/model numbers

LadderLogic said:

http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/372498h.pdf

Page 17. Ingress protection: IP40

I hope this was the unit you were talking about, since you have never mentioned any part/model numbers

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Sorry about that. I didn't enter any more information because Ken Roach answered my question.