Description

The Xentara EtherCAT Device Info tool assists in obtaining all device information. The tool includes a command line interface for initializing the EtherCAT bus and retrieving IOmap information from devices.

Note: In Windows, the name of the tool is XentaraEthercatDeviceInfo. Replace xentara-ethercat-device-info with XentaraEthercatDeviceInfo for all below examples. For Linux, the examples are valid as-is.

Application

Connect the ethernet cable to the network interface card and turn on the EtherCAT system to use the tool. Use the interface flag followed by the interface name to run xentara-ethercat-device-info.

The example is shown below:

xentara-ethercat-device-info --interface enp2s0

Image 1: Execution of the tool

All of the information needed for the json configuration file to run the EtherCAT bus is printed out in Image 1 using the tool. It demonstrates the following:

Number of Device configured
Device position
Mapping type (CoE or SII)
Sync Manager Number of the Entry
Address of the entry in the IO Map
Index and SubIndex of the entry
Data Types of the entry

If no Device are found, the message "No Slaves Found" will appear. The application can also assist in determining the name of all the interface available on the system. Run the command shown below to obtain a list of every interfaces on the system.

xentara-ethercat-device-info --help

Image 2: Help screen of the tool