Possible to use EtherCAT and Parallel I/O boards at the same time on the RC8A controller?

Yes, you can use both an EtherCAT board and a Parallel IO expansion board at the same time on RC8, RC8A, and RC8A Safe Motion robot controllers.

You can use the following in conjunction with a Parallel I/O board, as the Fieldbus cards are controlling System I/O, and the Parallel card is simply providing additional discrete I/O.

After installing the desired cards, select the appropriate setup in the WinCAPS project and you will see the I/O allocation desired.

Related Links

• Fieldbus - List of I/O commands
• Overview of I/O Extension Boards
• I/O Signal Overview
• Configuring a Project