Quick Start
1.6 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.
Don’t forget to update the ESI accordingly. While many EtherCAT masters acquire most of the
slave information needed from the
.xml
ESI, others might rely solely on EEPROM ESI! (The
binary ESI can be created by the
.xml
ESI, e.g. with the Workbench. The
.xml
ESI is described
in the ETG.2000 document.)
You also have to follow the ETG requirements defined in the EtherCAT Conformance Guide which
can be downloaded for free from the website of the EtherCAT Technology Group
. This includes using your own EtherCAT vendor ID and testing the final product
with the EtherCAT CTT (Conformance Test Tool).
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