[etherlab-users] Etherlab example mini module

[Thomas Elste]

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:32:09 +0200, Florian Pose <fp at igh-essen.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 03:24:03PM +0200, Thomas Elste wrote:
>> here is another patch for netX slaves. This one enables
>> the master to use LRD/LWR datagrams instead of LRW, which is
>> necessary for the netX.
>
> I don't know if it it is possible to detect the LRW-capability
> of a slave from it's EEPROM contents.
I'm not sure, but there is one bit in Category General:

Flags	0x000b	Unsigned8	Bit 0: Enable SafeOp
				Bit 1: Enable notLRW

(from EtherCAT Slave Device Description, V0.3.0, page 53).

No use with the netX, tough. As its EEPROM is almost empty.


Regards
Thomas


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