EtherCAT
Recommendation for EtherCat on Ethernet Switch?
I hopefully have a simple question. We are looking for an EtherCat 'junction box' with more than 8 ports. Not sure why no one makes a standard 19" rack mount EtherCat junction box (that I can find at least). They are all small Din rail units. If you can connect 65k slaves, then a switch larger than 6-8 ports is really necessary. Seems like a big miss. FYI - we are trying to avoid to much daisy chaining as then 1 failed device takes down that string.
I see that finlay-r answered the question about "Can EtherCat run on an Ethernet Switch, so my question is this: What switch would you recommend? Do yo know of any EtherCat compatible switches? Maybe up to 24ports. I can not find anything that is marked as compatible. From the sounds of it, all you have to do is change some settings.
Any help with be wonderful. Much appreciated
Apollo