Okay I found this on the mailing list. I think this answers my question and it looks like a blank EEPROM will still be programmable from the Master. If this has changed, please let me know.<div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://lists.etherlab.org/pipermail/etherlab-users/2007/000051.html">http://lists.etherlab.org/pipermail/etherlab-users/2007/000051.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Newell Jensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pillar2012@gmail.com">pillar2012@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
All,<div><br></div><div>We plan to implement our own EtherCAT Slave Controller (ESC) board and I am wondering if I should be able to do the initial programming of the EEPROM via the ESC ASIC? I have scoured the documentation but still feel like I don't know for sure whether or not I would be able to program the EEPROM's ESC Configuration Area in the case that the ESC wasn't loaded properly.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Basically, just want to know if I have to flash the EEPROM chips first before putting them on the board or if I can do the initial programming via the EtherCAT Master?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div>
<div><br>-- <br>Newell<br><br><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div><br></div>Newell<br><br><br>
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