Which version of the Etherlab master are you using?
Out of the box, FoE does not work – you need to use the unofficial patchset
version.
Having said that, where possible I’d still recommend using TwinCAT to update
the firmware of Beckhoff slaves.
Gavin Lambert
Senior Software Developer
I am using etherlab ethercat 1.5.2.
Which etherlab patchset version supports FoE ?
I also prefer using Twincat but my specification requires firmware update with
Etherlab Ethercat.
Thank you very much Gavin for your answer.
From: Gavin Lambert
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 4:24 PM
To:
Hello Etherlab Ethercat community,
I am trying to update the ethercat firmware of a Beckhoff slave using the
command “ethercat foe_write”.
I set the ethercat slave to the right state (BOOT state) and then I run the
command “ethercat foe_write”. Unfortunately I get an error message (“Failed to
