[etherlab-users] Beckhoff 6731-0010 initialization

2012-09-14 Thread Thomas Paoloni
Hi all, I'm fighting with a Beckhoff 6731-0010 (Profibus slave to ethercat bridge) which I'm not able to bring in OP state. Nobody from Beckhoff is able to help me, they only seems to know their twincat software, and nobody can explain how the same operations made by twincat can be made trough

Re: [etherlab-users] Is Ethercat Master Enough to Control Servo

2012-09-14 Thread Ben Yehuda, Raz
no. I do not use Graeme Foot's patch because it is was not enough. you have to fix the master TIMER ( not the time ) as well. this is what i did: 1. Sampling sync0 - rx port0 of slave 0. 2. do the above 5 times a second. 3. calibrating hpet0 frequency according to delta = sync0 - rx port

Re: [etherlab-users] Simulink parameters in Testmanarger

2012-09-14 Thread Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm Hagemeister
Hello Lee, Simulink names can be changed in the "Data Transfer Dialog" in Testmanager. Right click on a item in the Parameter channel tree and select "Data transfer" and edit the Alias column. This applies to all instruments using this channel. Some instruments also have the ability to set a indi