[etherlab-users] Using BK/KL instead of EK/EL

2010-10-19 Thread Oliver.Haala
Hello, I would like to use Beckhoffs BusCoupler (BK1120) and several bus terminals (KL). The problem is that the bus terminals are mapped inside the BusCoupler, so they aren't addressable like slaves. There is just one BK-slave. Unfortunately every example is using EK/EL. However is it

Re: [etherlab-users] Using BK/KL instead of EK/EL

2010-10-19 Thread Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm Hagemeister
Hello Mr Haala, it is right, alle the KL are mapped in the the BK1120. Are you using handcoded C? Then a ethercat pdos should give you a list off all the relevant PDO's, which you have to map in your code. If you are using Matlab/Simulink generate a xml ethercat xml and use the generic slave

Re: [etherlab-users] Machine freeze/reset on module load

2010-10-19 Thread Felix Jirka
After I adapted the rtai example code that is included with the master to my environment, I get the following output from the console: [ 351.804828] ec_rtai_sample: Starting... [ 351.804923] EtherCAT: Requesting master 0... [ 351.805010] EtherCAT: Successfully requested master 0. [

[etherlab-users] complete_sdo()

2010-10-19 Thread Andrej Mueller
Hi, It's always the same :( (Outlook). I have some additional questions to the error messages in my first post about complete_sdo(). Can anybody say me where these messages to be generated (module or master)? Further I get an advice from Christian Richter to look in the specifications of

Re: [etherlab-users] Machine freeze/reset on module load

2010-10-19 Thread Florian Pose
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:53:21PM +0200, Felix Jirka wrote: After I adapted the rtai example code that is included with the master to my environment, I get the following output from the console: [ 351.804828] ec_rtai_sample: Starting... [ 351.804923] EtherCAT: Requesting master 0... [

Re: [etherlab-users] How to set tcp Port for etherlab_buddy

2010-10-19 Thread Beat Gerber
Richard Hacker h...@... writes: Hi, It seems as though you do not have any real time application running. etherlab_buddy opens one port starting from 2345 for every running real time application. rt_appcore is only the framework to allow these applications to run in real time.

Re: [etherlab-users] How to set tcp Port for etherlab_buddy

2010-10-19 Thread Beat Gerber
Beat Gerber beat.ger...@... writes: Richard Hacker h...@... writes: Hi, It seems as though you do not have any real time application running. etherlab_buddy opens one port starting from 2345 for every running real time application. rt_appcore is only the framework to

[etherlab-users] Emerson Control Techniques Drvive, No PDO exchange, WC=0

2010-10-19 Thread Henry Bausley
I am trying to use an Emerson Control Techniques Digitax ST Servo Drive via their SM-EtherCAT module but no PDO information is ever exchanged. The Working Counter and Working State are always 0. I verified all the PDO mappings and Sync Manager configurations. The Drive goes to OP mode but no