<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:14px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455021827384_6329">Hi,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455021827384_6329"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455021827384_6329">I am fairly new to Ethercat. What is the best way to configure the Ethercat devices through a user application without hard-coding in all the parameters?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455021827384_6329"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455021827384_6329">Does everyone use the Ethercat ET9000 configuration tool? </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455021827384_6329"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455021827384_6329">I believe this generates an xml file with a description of all the configuration data for the Ethercat system. Is there then an elegant way to parse this configuration data with a C/C++ application, such as by using some pre-written libraries or an xsd file?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455021827384_6329"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455021827384_6329">Thanks in advance.</div></div></body></html>