Safety over EtherCAT Protocol Enhancements
This specification contains enhancements of the Safety over EtherCAT protocol. These enhancements are part of the Safety over EtherCAT specification and shall be taken into account for device implementation.
The ETG.5120 Safety over EtherCAT Protocol Enhancements V1.3.2 specification is available as draft for review within ETG for 6 weeks. The main change is in the new Chapter 7.3, "Maximum Watchdog Time."
Review period ends August 10th, 2026. Please provide comments to Dr. Guido Beckmann directly.
Based on the ETG.5100 Safety over EtherCAT Specification following features are defined:
- Enhancements of SDO Information Service
- CoE Object Dictionary enhancements
- FSoE Parameter Set Mapping information
- FSoE Parameter Set Assignment information
- FSoE Frame elemtents
- FSoE Communication parameter
- PDO Mapping and Assignment
- Safety related Parameter download
- FSoE Parameter Set
- Safety-Related Application Parameter Set (SRA Parameter)
- Information about ESI elements used for FSoE
- SoE Drive using FSoE Connections description requirements
| Description | Language | Type | Date | Size | Ver. | Status | |
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ETG.5120 Safety over EtherCAT Protocol Enhancements | EN | Jun 29, 2026 | 0,48 MB | 1.3.2 | Draft for Review |
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