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International EtherCAT Plug Fest Series

To support ETG Members all around the world the ETG continues its Plug Fest series on three continents: North America, Europe and Asia.
At the Plug Fest both master and slave devices are interoperability tested in various configurations. Thus we invite and encourage all manufacturers of EtherCAT Devices, Codes and Tools to participate. The meeting also serves as forum for developers. ETG experts will attend the Plug Fests to share implementation tips and tricks and clarify questions regarding the technology. The Plug Fests have established themselves as pragmatic and effective means to achieve interoperable EtherCAT products.
The general boot-up, process data and mailbox communication will be tested as well as device behaviour with enhanced functionality, like support of Modular Device Profile and CiA402 servo drive profile. The current EtherCAT Conformance Test Tool is available and EtherCAT Analyzer Tools are used to check device behaviour and interoperability.
Participants of the last Plug Fests are encouraged to attend again. We expect new devices (both master and slaves) to be present, so that the interoperability tests will be enhanced, too. Companies with subsidiaries in several countries may participates on multiple Plug Fests to test with a big variety of devices.

2nd North American Plug Fest: Info & Registration
- September 09-10, 2010, Waukegan (IL), USA. Hosted by Yaskawa Electric.

10th European Plug Fest: Info & Registration
- September 22-23, 2010, Braunschweig, GER. Hosted by Lenze Automation.

2nd Asian EtherCAT Plug Fest: Info & Registration
- October 28-29, 2010, Kyoto, JPN. Hosted by ASTEM.