[etherlab-users] How to configure Ethercat devices

[Florian Pose]

Hello,

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:33:49PM +0200, Viktor Rees wrote:
> I have an EL3204 '4 channel input terminals PT100' device. I would
> like to modify the configuration so that the device will work with
> PT500 elements instead of PT100.  As I read in the Beckhoff docs it is
> necessary to modify 8000:19 from 0 to 3.
> 
> Are there functions available to set/read these values? 

of course, please have a look at the documentation of the
ecrt_slave_config_sdo() method in the EtherCAT header.

> If yes, is there an simple example comparable to mini.c?

No, but it's just a matter of calling that single function.

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Best regards,
Florian Pose

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