EtherCAT®

In the fast growing EtherCAT market acontis technologies GmbH has achieved a leading position, we are well known as a highly competent EtherCAT specialist. At a very early stage we recognized the big potential behind this technology; as early as in 2004 we had started development of our EtherCAT master stack software. Today we provide a complete portfolio of EtherCAT products to our customers. We are an active member in the EtherCAT Technology Group, attend all Technical Committee Meetings and thus we are always up-to-date concerning the latest EtherCAT technology developments. Many very important companies in the Industrial Automation market are already using our master stack solution (see also our references). We are the perfect partner for customers who want to use the EtherCAT technology in their products, on the master part, on the tools part as well as on the slave part.

EtherCAT® Products


EtherCAT® Master Stack Software solution available for Linux, Windows, VxWorks, FreeRTOS, On Time RTOS-32, QNX, eT-Kernel, RTX, INtime, Xenomai, etc.

Powerful open real-time EtherCAT programming platform for Windows. Using EC-Win it is possible to build deterministic real-time EtherCAT solutions for Windows.

Modern and powerful software tool to configure and analyze EtherCAT® networks. Integrated Windows EtherCAT Master for comprehensive online functions.

EtherCAT software tool based on web technology for Windows and Linux. Modern browser-based user interface.

Troubleshooting and Monitoring Tool for EtherCAT® Networks.

EtherCAT diagnosis and error detection tool.

The EC-Simulator virtualizes EtherCAT® networks by simulating the EtherCAT® slave devices in order to run EtherCAT Master applications without real EtherCAT® slave hardware available.

EtherCAT Slave Test Application for slave software development and slave production testing. Extensible Windows application based on EC-Master Stack; performs extensive EtherCAT slave tests.

System-wide communication with the EtherCAT Automation Protocol (EAP).