Installation Guide
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Installation
– Slave Stack Code
The Slave Stack Code is a source code written in C programming language, provided and supported
free-of-charge by Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG.
3.1
Vendor ID
Both for download and installation of the Slave Stack Code, an own EtherCAT Vendor ID is required.
This information is reported 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 Files + Tool
The Slave Stack Code can be downloaded at the following link (Vendor ID required):
http://www.ethercat.org/memberarea/stack_code.aspx
