Agenda  
Agenda (preliminary)
10:00 Registration
10:30 Ethernet Technology Introduction: TCP/IP and beyond
  • Architecture: Advantages of Layers
  • Physical Layer: Signal, Cables, Wiring
  • Media Access Control Overview: CSMA/CD, Hubs and Switches
  • Name Resolution and Routing
  • IP, TCP + UDP Overview
11:15 EtherCAT Technology Introduction
  • Functional Principle + Performance
  • Flexible Topology
  • Simple Configuration
  • Cost Advantages
  • Openness - what does it really mean?
  • Safety over EtherCAT
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Industrial Ethernet Technology Comparison: Many different flavors
  • Categories of Real Time Ethernet Technologies
  • Technology Overview, Market Situation and Trends regarding
    • Modbus/TCP
    • Ethernet/IP
    • Profinet
14:30 Coffee Break / Tabletop Exhibition
14:45 EtherCAT Application
  • Application Examples: Why do end users choose EtherCAT?
  • How using EtherCAT leads to competitive advantages for end users
  EtherCAT Application Examples
  • Hilscher: Development of EtherCAT Devices
  • M&M Software: EtherCAT makes us of FDT technology for integration of robot control systems of Kuka, Germany
15:45 Questions and Answers / Tabletop Exhibition
16:00 End of Seminar