[etherlab-users] Etherlab Installation and Test

[Richard Hacker]

On Friday 20 July 2012 16:15:23 Pierre Letier wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to install and test the Ethercat Master and Etherlab tools.
> Here is the current installation I have :
> - Ubuntu 10.04
> - Patched Linux kernel ( /linux-headers-2.6.32-122-rtai downloaded from
> / /http://www.linuxcnc.org package repository)
> /- RTAI 3.9 (last version found on the RTAI repository the 07/16/2012)
> - Ethercat Master 1.5.1
> - Etherlab 1.3-rc3
> 
> I have two questions:
> 1. After the installation of Etherlab, I tried to start the service:
> "sudo /etc/init.d/etherlab start"
> 
> I receive the following message :"Starting Etherlab AppCoreinsmod: error
> inserting '/usr/realtime/modules/rtai_up.ko': -1 Invalid module format
> Do you have an idea of this problem. Could it be due to the use of the
> new version of RTAI (3.9)
Have you tried the test suite from RTAI:
cd /usr/realtime/testsuite/kern/latency
./run

> 
> 2. I wanted to compile a first example of process, based on the capi
> folder files (provided with Etherlab). Without modifying anything, I
> tried to "compile" with make. But I receive the following message :
> "make: Nothing to be done for 'all' "
> 
> Do you have an idea of the problem (I am missing something, I need to
> write thing somewhere in the sources) In the README file, it is said
> that we have to edit the makefile and the app_main, but mainly for the
> first file, I don't know what to change. If anybody has a complete
> example (tutorial) with inputs in the app_main, it is welcome.
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Pierre Letier
> ////
> 

Mit freundlichem Gruß

Richard Hacker

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