EtherCAT Master Project

EtherCAT^® Master Stack for embedded (real-time) OS

Customer must order at least one EtherCAT Workbench P.4511.01 with this product.

Written in ANSI-C with respect to high performance, small resource usage and scalability, the EtherCAT^® Master Stack has core components that are operating system (OS) and CPU architecture independent. esd offers stock adaptations for many prevalent (real-time) operating systems guaranteeing a cost efficient, fast time-to-market integration for your custom application.

Package Includes:

10	EtherCAT Master Licenses
1	EtherCAT Workbench License
12	Months Development & Support

Product Features:

• Configuration and management of EtherCAT^® networks with enhanced error detection and diagnostic.
• Cyclic exchange of process data. The cycle can be defined by the EtherCAT master or the application
• Mailbox based communication with:
  • CANopen over EtherCAT^® (CoE) with support for Service Data Object (SDO) upload/download. SDO information services and CoE emergency messages.
  • Ethernet over EtherCAT^® (EoE)
  • File over EtherCAT^® (FoE)
• Sophisticated API common to all implementations as an interface between the application and the EtherCAT master stack.
• The master can be configured either with standardized XML based EtherCAT^® network information (ENI) files (OS independent SLM parser included) or via the API if the OS doesn’t support a file system. ENI configuration files may reside in ZIP/GZ archives.
• Allows application-defined asynchronous communication in parallel to the cyclic data exchange (e.g. read an EtherCAT^® slave EEPROM).
• Built-in detailed diagnostic and profiling functions.
• Support for cable redundancy with 2^nd Network Interface Controller (NIC) to handle single fault malfunctions (cable break, damaged plug, EMI, slave breakdown) without communication interruption or data loss.
• Support for Distributed Clock (DC) based slave synchronization with initial calculation of delay compensation parameter.
• Support for multi master mode to address independent slave segments via several physical NICs or via a VLAN tag enabled Ethernet switch with a single NIC.
• Support to handle binary EtherCAT^® Slave information (ESI) EEPROM data.
• The well defined OS layer and interface to the NIC facilitates a simple adaption to platforms not yet supported.
• Comes with a comprehensive manual and example application in source code.

Applications:

Easy and fast integration of EtherCAT^® Master Support into industrial control and automation systems, testbed systems or production control.

Technical Specifications:

Hardware Requirements:
Standard Network Interface Controller (NIC)
Platform Support:
Operating System and	CPU Architecture
VxWorks 5.4x /5.5x /6.x	X86 / PPC
QNX 6.x	X86 / PPC / ARM
RTX 8.1.2 / 2900 SP1	X86
Linux	X86 / PPC / ARM

Order Information:

Designation	Order no.
EtherCAT Master® Project	P.4503.01

EtherCAT Master Project

EtherCAT^® Master Stack for embedded (real-time) OS

Customer must order at least one EtherCAT Workbench P.4511.01 with this product.

Designed with respect to high performance, small resource usage and scalability, the EtherCAT^® Master Stack has core components that are operating system (OS) and CPU architecture independent. The stack is available for various operating systems. With its minimal OS layer and well-defined interface to the Network adapter (NIC), the code ports easily to other operating systems or can even run without OS support.

Download EtherCAT^® Product information sheet (PDF file).

Download EtherCAT^® Master Developers Handbook (PDF file).

For any other questions about the EtherCAT^® product line, please contact Michelle Dzialo directly.

EtherCAT Master Licenses

EtherCAT^® Master Stack for embedded (real-time) OS

Customer must order at least one EtherCAT Workbench P.4511.01 with this product.

Order the EtherCAT^_® Master according to the operating system your network uses. The package includes extensive development support through esd electronics, Inc. The available operating systems are:

• Win / x86
• Linux - x86
• Linux / PPC
• Linux / ARM
• QNX 6 / PPC
• QNX 6 / x86
• QNX 6 / AMR
• VxWorks 6 / PPC
• VxWorks 6 / x86
• VxWorks 5 / x86
• RTX 2009 / x86
• RTS 8 / x86