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ESD EtherCAT ECS-PCIe/1100 Quick Start Manual

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  • Page 1 Product E.1100.01 ECS-PCIe/1100 Quickstart Manual • Rev. 1.1 Page 1 of 11 esd electronic system design gmbh Vahrenwalder Str. 207 • 30165 Hannover • Germany http://www.esd.eu • Fax: 0511/37 29 8-68 Phone: 0511/37 29 80 • International: +49-5 11-37 29 80...
  • Page 2 The information in this document has been carefully checked and is believed to be entirely reliable. esd makes no warranty of any kind with regard to the material in this document, and assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document. In particular descriptions and technical data specified in this document may not be constituted to be guaranteed product features in any legal sense.
  • Page 3 Document file: I:\Texte\Doku\MANUALS\EtherCAT\ECS-PCIe1100\Englisch\ECS-PCIe1100_Quickstart_en_11.odt Date of print: 2014-05-15 Hardware version: from Rev. 1.1 Document History The changes in the document listed below affect changes in the hardware as well as changes in the description of the facts, only. Revision Chapter Changes versus previous version Date First Release 2012-05-14...
  • Page 4 The intended use of the ECS-PCIe/1100 is the operation as EtherCAT Slave interface for PCs. The guarantee given by esd does not cover damages which result from improper use, usage not in accordance with regulations or disregard of safety instructions and warnings.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents 1. Overview..........................6 1.1 Requirements.......................6 2. Steps..........................6 Hardware Installation ......................7 Driver Installation.......................8 4.1 Windows........................8 4.2 Linux..........................9 Sample Slave Application....................9 Testing the Sample App. with the Workbench..............9 Further steps........................11 ECS-PCIe/1100 Quickstart Manual • Rev. 1.1 Page 5 of 11...

  • Page 6: Overview

    1. Overview This document describes first steps with the ECS-PCIe/1100. It uses an esd EtherCAT Slave Stack sample application and the esd EtherCAT Workbench to show the functionality of the ECS-PCIe/1100. 1.1 Requirements EtherCAT knowledge. The ETG (EtherCAT Technology Group, http://ethercat.org) •...

  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    3. Hardware Installation Read the safety instructions at the beginning of this document carefully,  before you start with the hardware installation! Danger! Electric shock risk. Never carry out work while power supply voltage is switched on! Attention ! Electrostatic discharges may cause damage to electronic components. To avoid this, please perform the following steps before you touch the ECS- PCIe/1100, in order to discharge the static electricity from your body, : Switch off the power of your computer, but leave it connected to the mains until...

  • Page 8: Driver Installation

    4. Driver Installation 4.1 Windows Open the “Device Manager”, select the device, and choose “Update Driver Software” as shown in Illustration 1: Illustration 1: Windows Device Manager with ECS-PCIe/1100 displayed as “Network Controller” When you’re asked where to look for the driver files select “Browse my computer for driver software”.

  • Page 9: Linux

    4.2 Linux The Linux driver for the ECS-PCIe/1100 is delivered as source code. Please refer to “.../driver/ECS-PCIe1100/linux/README” from the extracted Slave Stack Linux archive. 5. Sample Slave Application The EtherCAT Slave Stack installation contains a few sample applications. This document refers to the “complex”...
  • Page 10 Illustration 3: Scan result showing the ECS-PCIe/1100 After switching to online mode all slaves are in “Pre-Operational” state. In this state (indicated e.g. by the orange symbol in Illustration 3) no process data is exchanged. Use the “Free run” button to switch your slave to “Operational” mode, see Illustration 4. Then open the “Variables”...

  • Page 11: Further Steps

    7. Further steps Study the Workbench and Slave Stack manuals to get more details about the steps performed here – then try to map the other variables (that already exist in the application and ESI) too and finally add your own variables. When you create a product based on the ECS-PCIe/1100 and the EtherCAT Slave Stack, don’t forget to update the ESI accordingly.

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