Description
The EL6631/EL6633 gateway terminal from Beckhoff allows an EtherCAT enabled controller to register itself as a PROFINET controller with other PROFINET I/O devices in a PROFINET network. For CODESYS compatible controllers to use this functionality, they require CODESYS PROFINET Controller (for EL6631) SL. With this product, project engineering of the functionality is possible in the CODESYS Development System. For this purpose, the terminal is integrated and configured as an EtherCAT object in the device tree of an IEC 61131-3 project. End users of CODESYS compatible controllers with EtherCAT are therefore provided with the option for configuring their device as a PROFINET controller and establishing their own PROFINET networks. With the gateway functionality of the EL6631/EL6633 terminal module, no additional Ethernet ports or other hardware is required on the existing controller.
