ET2000 | Industrial Ethernet multi-channel probe

With the ET2000 multi-channel probe Beckhoff introduces a versatile piece of hardware for analysing any Industrial Ethernet solution. With eight ports this device enables unlimited synchronised recording of up to four independent channels at a speed of 100 Mbit/s. All real-time Ethernet standards such as EtherCAT, PROFINET, etc. and conventional office Ethernet networks are supported.

Through its compact and rugged design the ET2000 is ideal both for the local application at machines or in the laboratory. The four channels enable recording and analysis of separate networks or different points within the same network. All frames in transit – in both directions – are furnished with a high-precision time stamp in the probe hardware and copied to the Gbit uplink port. The high time stamp resolution of 1 ns enables very precise timing analysis of the connected network segments. The ET2000 probe is transparent for the connected buses. Thanks to the low cycle delay of 1 µs the influence on the system is very small.

The device can be connected to any Gbit Ethernet interfaces on the PC side. A plug-in for the free Wireshark network monitor enables this network monitor to be used for analysing recordings and high-precision time stamps.

Technical data	ET2000
Number of ports/channels	8/4
Uplink port	1 Gbit/s
Delay	approx. 1 µs
Resolution time stamp	1 ns (channel 0/1)
Software interface	WinPcap
Data transfer rates	probe ports: 100 Mbit/s, uplink port: 1 Gbit/s
Hardware diagnosis	link/activity LED per channel, 1 power LED
Power supply	24 (18…30) V DC, 500 mA, 3-pole terminal (+, -, PE)
Dimensions (W x H x D)	approx. 100 mm x 150 mm x 40 mm
Operating temperature	0…+55 °C