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Revision as of 12:59, 31 December 2014
Category:EtherCAT:ECAT GENERAL GUIDE EtherCAT - General Guide
The front page is EtherCAT
Introduction
From Wikipedia:
"EtherCAT - Ethernet for Control Automation Technology - is an Ethernet-based fieldbus system, invented by Beckhoff Automation. The protocol is standardized in IEC 61158 and is suitable for both hard and soft real-time requirements in automation technology.
The goal during development of EtherCAT was to apply Ethernet for automation applications requiring short data update times (also called cycle times; ≤ 100 µs) with low communication jitter (for precise synchronization purposes; ≤ 1 µs) and reduced hardware costs."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EtherCAT
softMC's current main fieldbus is EtherCAT and this guide will help you to setup the system. A part of softMC is a software entity called "EtherCAT Master". The ECat master is a part of the Linux kernel and it works in parallel to the Motion part of softMC.
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It is critical to maintain the demonstrated order of the EtherCAT setup. Any change in the given example may result in undefined behavior! |
EC_SETUP.PRG
Drive Address
Example
See Also
- Setup EtherCAT - How to setup EtherCAT
- EC_ETHERCAT_INIT
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