[etherlab-users] Antw: Re: Installation of the EtherCAT-Master software

[Andreas Stewering-Bone]

Hello Oliver,

Please crate a link

ln -s /opt/etherlab/bin/ethercat /usr/local/bin/ethercat


Greatings


Andreas


Oliver.Haala at semikron.com schrieb:
> Hello Andreas,
>
> I exactly followed the Installation-Instructions and actual the Master is running. 
> Unfortunately the command line tool isnt... 
>
> # /etc/init.d/ethercat config
> USAGE: /etc/init.d/ethercat {start|stop|restart|status}
>
> # ethercat config
> If 'ethercat' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
>     cnf ethercat
>
> The character device was created:
>
> primergy-llw1:/dev # ls -l /dev/EtherCAT0
> crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 251, 0 27. Sep 15:16 /dev/EtherCAT0
>
> and the master runs well:
>
> # /etc/init.d/ethercat restart
> Shutting down EtherCAT master devel   done
> Starting EtherCAT master devel        done
>
> # dmesg
> ...
> [ 1744.812331] EtherCAT 0: Master thread exited.
> [ 1744.812525] EtherCAT 0: Releasing main device 00:26:2D:01:85:CD.
> [ 1744.815011] ec_generic: Unloading.
> [ 1744.816604] EtherCAT: Master module cleaned up.
> [ 1746.836762] EtherCAT: Master driver devel unknown
> [ 1746.837204] EtherCAT: 1 master waiting for devices.
> [ 1746.840470] ec_generic: EtherCAT master generic Ethernet device module devel unknown
> [ 1746.840480] EtherCAT: Accepting device 00:26:2D:01:85:CD for master 0.
> [ 1746.840487] ec_generic: Binding socket to interface 3 (eth3).
> [ 1746.843010] EtherCAT 0: Starting EtherCAT-IDLE thread.
> [ 1746.843036] EtherCAT 0: Link state changed to UP.
> [ 1746.844040] EtherCAT 0: 1 slave(s) responding.
> [ 1746.844045] EtherCAT 0: Slave states: PREOP.
> [ 1746.844144] EtherCAT 0: Scanning bus.
> [ 1746.873928] EtherCAT 0: Bus scanning completed in 30 ms.
>
> # lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> ec_generic              5480  0 
> ec_master             275008  1 ec_generic
> ...
>
> How to "activate" the command line tool? 
> Linking the init script into PATH-Directory makes just the basic commands (start|stop|restart|status) availible.
>
> Regards
> Oliver
>
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