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Installation Guide

DOCUMENT HISTORY

Version

Comment

0.1

First version

0.2

Compiler Suite selection added

1.0

MPLAB X related information added

1.1

Add Excel and Wireshark requirement

1.2

Remove old tool instructions (Only development board EL9800_6A shall be used)

Summary of Contents for EtherCAT EL9800

Page 1: ...Version 1 2 Date 2018 12 13 EtherCAT Evaluation Kit Workshop Installation Guide ...

Page 2: ...ith care The products described are however constantly under development For that reason the documentation is not in every case checked for consistency with performance data standards or other characteristics In the event that it contains technical or editorial errors we retain the right to make alterations at any time and without warning No claims for the modification of products that have alread...

Page 3: ...ISTORY Version Comment 0 1 First version 0 2 Compiler Suite selection added 1 0 MPLAB X related information added 1 1 Add Excel and Wireshark requirement 1 2 Remove old tool instructions Only development board EL9800_6A shall be used ...

Page 4: ...k 5 3 3 SSC Source Files Tool 5 4 MPLAB X 7 4 1 Compiler Installation 7 4 2 IDE Installation 7 4 3 USB driver and test of the communication 8 4 4 Create a new Project 10 5 Installation TwinCAT 14 5 1 TwinCAT development environment runtime 14 5 2 Real Time Ethernet Driver 16 5 3 Test of the communication 18 6 Installation Additional Tools 21 ...

Page 5: ...crocontroller integrated on board the EL9800 Evaluation Kit TwinCAT Real Time Control Suite PC based control platform and development environment which enables to use a standard Windows PC as EtherCAT Master test platform and therefore to control the EL9820 Evaluation Kit This Installation Guide is intended to allow customers to perform in advance all the preliminary steps which are required to su...

Page 6: ...e hardware revision of the EL9800 base board is reported on the board itself next to the Beckhoff and EtherCAT logos The current board hardware revision is EL9800_6A In case an older board revision is used please contact mailto Ethercatssc beckhoff com ...

Page 7: ...ed in the answer to the Vendor ID Assignment Request applied by the company A list of all registered Vendor IDs can be found in the ETG website http www ethercat org en vendor_id_list html 3 2 NET Framework The SSC Tool requires NET Framework 4 0 or later The Framework can be downloaded at the following link http www microsoft com germany net downloadFile aspx file netframework 3 3 SSC Source File...

Page 8: ...6 Installation Guide The SSC source files and SSC tool are installed by launching the exe file provided within the zip package ...

Page 9: ...tom of the web page then select the last available build of MPLAB XC16 Compiler for Windows platform MPLAB XC16 Compiler vx yz 4 2 IDE Installation The Development Environment for PIC microcontrollers is provided free of charge by Microchip NOTE Do not keep MPLAB X and MPLAB 8 installed on your PC at the same time as this could lead to driver conflicts In case you need to change MPLAB version unin...

Page 10: ...he exe setup file Confirm all the default installation settings proposed by the installation wizard 4 3 USB driver and test of the communication With the board powered off connect the USB cable from a USB port of the PC to connector CON600 of the Evaluation Kit and set switch SW600 to ON in order to enable the on board debugger interface ...

Page 11: ...valuation Kit on with a standard 24V power supply A new USB device will be detected The corresponding USB driver should be automatically installed in case the Operating System shows the dialog window confirm the automatic installation ...

Page 12: ...10 Installation Guide 4 4 Create a new Project Open MPLAB IDE and create a new Project ...

Page 13: ...Installation Guide 11 Select the Device PIC24HJ128GP306 Select the EL9800PICkit OnBoard Programmer If this option is not listed check the USB connection and the correct driver installation ...

Page 14: ...12 Installation Guide Select the XC 16 compiler Create the Project in a temporary location directory and project name are not relevant ...

Page 15: ... tool status and wait until the output interface reports correct connection a new firmware version will be automatically installed if needed during the process This confirms a correct communication between MPLAB X IDE and the Evaluation Kit ...

Page 16: ...TE Take care not to install the Runtime version this installation version will not provide the TwinCAT development environment which is instead needed to test the EtherCAT communication NOTE This Installation Guide refers to TwinCAT 3 1 which is compatible both with 32 bit and with 64 bit Windows Operating Systems For those who already installed TwinCAT 2 runtime on their 32 bit PC the installatio...

Page 17: ...winCAT 3 1 The download can be performed as Guest the personal company data provided are intended for information purposes only NOTE if you are working with Windows 7 Operating System or later always perform the installation by selecting Run as Administrator ...

Page 18: ...n be installed directly from the TwinCAT development environment Open the most recent version of Visual Studio from the TwinCAT icon located on the Windows task bar Select the menu TwinCAT Show Realtime Ethernet Compatible Devices All the network cards of the PC where the Real Time Ethernet Driver was not yet installed will be listed either under Compatible devices or under Incompatible devices ...

Page 19: ...ng purposes It only means that this card will provide only weak real time capabilities For testing purposes this is more than enough therefore you can proceed with the installation If the installation was successfully completed the network card should have been moved under the Installed and ready to use devices list Compatible devices Installed and ready to use devices realtime capable Incompatibl...

Page 20: ...here the Real Time Ethernet Driver was installed with a standard Ethernet cable straight or cross and power on the Evaluation Kit Create a new TwinCAT project by selecting the corresponding template in Visual Studio project name and directory are arbitrary Right mouse click on I O Devices and select Scan ...

Page 21: ...ays shown by TwinCAT when automatically scanning the hardware Check that the network card where the Real Time Ethernet Driver was installed is marked as Device n EtherCAT then select OK if other Devices are shown deselect them Request scan of Slave devices ...

Page 22: ...lly added to the tree configuration under the EtherCAT Master NOTE The particular icon and name of the detected device are not relevant as they depend on the previous status of the Evaluation Kit The important thing is that a slave Box m xxxx is detected This confirms a correct communication between TwinCAT and the Evaluation Kit ...

Page 23: ...Installation Guide 21 6 Installation Additional Tools Microsoft Excel 2013 or later is required Wireshark should be installed https www wireshark org download html ...

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