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1 Introduction
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit Built-in EtherCAT Port User’s Manual (W505)
1-3 Specifications of Built-in
EtherCAT Port
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1-3-1 Performance Specifications
1-3 Specifications of Built-in EtherCAT
Port
1-3-1 Performance Specifications
Item
Specification
NX701-
NX102-

NX1P2-

NJ501-/
NJ301-
NJ101-
Communications
protocol
EtherCAT protocol
Supported services
CoE (Process data communications and SDO communications)
*1
Synchronization DC (Distributed Clock)
Physical layer 100BASE-TX
Modulation Baseband
Baud rate 100 Mbit/s (100BASE-TX)
Duplex mode
*2
Auto
Topology Line, daisy chain, and branching
Transmission
media
Twisted-pair cable of category 5 or higher
(Recommended cable: straight, double-shielded cable with aluminum tape and braiding)
Maximum transmis-
sion distance
between nodes
100 m
Maximum number
of slaves
512 64 16 192 64
Settable node
address range
1 to 512 1 to 192
Maximum process
data size
Input: 11,472
bytes
Output: 11,472
bytes
However, the data
must not exceed 8
frames (the maxi-
mum number of
process data
frames).
Input: 5,736 bytes
Output: 5,736
bytes
However, the data
must not exceed 4
frames (the maxi-
mum number of
process data
frames).
Input: 1,434 bytes
Output: 1,434
bytes
However, the data
must not exceed 1
frame (the maxi-
mum number of
process data
frames).
Input: 5,736 bytes
Output: 5,736 bytes
However, the data must not exceed 4
frames (the maximum number of pro-
cess data frames).
Maximum size per
slave
Input: 1,434 bytes
Output: 1,434 bytes
Maximum message
size
2,048 bytes